SUMMERTIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does summertime mean? 

• SUMMERTIME (noun)
  The noun SUMMERTIME has 1 sense:

1. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

  Familiarity information: SUMMERTIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMMERTIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

summer; summertime

Context example:

they spent a lazy summer at the shore

Hypernyms ("summertime" is a kind of...):

season; time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions)

Meronyms (parts of "summertime"):

June 21; midsummer; summer solstice (June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point)

canicular days; canicule; dog days (the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity)

 Context examples 

I was told that this road is in summertime excellent, but that it had not yet been put in order after the winter snows.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Summertime provides the perfect occasion for insect breeding, but we must continue to fight them all year round.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

The new study reports the first glimpses of a northern polar vortex forming high in the atmosphere, as Saturn's northern hemisphere approached summertime.

(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)

When Cassini arrived at the Saturnian system in 2004, the southern hemisphere was enjoying summertime, while the northern was in the midst of winter.

(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)

A new long-term study using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn's northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a hexagonal shape, akin to the famous hexagon seen deeper down in Saturn's clouds.

(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)