Autumn
['ɔːtəm] or ['ɔtəm]
Definition
(n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.
(n.) The harvest or fruits of autumn.
(n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
Edited by Estelle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fall, fall of the leaf.
Edited by Enrico
Definition
n. the third season of the year when fruits are gathered in popularly comprising the months of August September and October—in North America September October and November. Astronomically in the northern hemisphere it begins at the autumnal equinox when the sun enters Libra 22d September and ends at the winter solstice when the sun enters Capricorn 21st December.—adj. Autum′nal.—adv. Autum′nally.
Edited by Craig
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a woman to dream of Autumn, denotes she will obtain property through the struggles of others. If she thinks of marrying in Autumn, she will be likely to contract a favorable marriage and possess a cheerful home.
Typist: Susan
Examples
- I thought you were going to spend the whole autumn with us, and I've hardly laid eyes on you for the last month. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Fellow Travellers In the autumn of the year, Darkness and Night were creeping up to the highest ridges of the Alps. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But it's no joke, you know--if she stays here all the autumn she'll spoil everything, and Maria Van Osburgh will simply exult. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And yet as we saw it that autumn morning, it was not its beauty which would be the first thing to impress the observer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She has beauty still, and if it be not in its heyday, it is not yet in its autumn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They could go there again with them in the autumn. Jane Austen. Emma.
- His face was as sharp as a hatchet, and the skin of it was as yellow and dry and withered as an autumn leaf. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I had not, Miss Crawford, been an inattentive observer of what was passing between him and some part of this family in the summer and autumn. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The light of high day surrounded me; not, indeed, a warm, summer light, but the leaden gloom of raw and blustering autumn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the autumn, new trials and experiences came to Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She peeped into her grandfather's room, through which the fresh autumn air was blowing from the open window. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The tide ebbed, and the tide flowed; the summer went on, and the autumn came. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was late in autumn when I quitted the district where I had so long resided. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But colds were never so prevalent as they have been this autumn. Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Wendell