summer
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
How often you will meet it
Rank 822 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,037 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox also: summertime they spent a lazy summer at the shore
- the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty the golden summer of his life
verb
- spend the summer We summered in Kashmir
summer in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It's fortunate that the summer sales are on, isn't it?
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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They walked on as if they were floating on a summer stream.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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At last came a very wet summer, and everything went wrong in the country around.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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One summer morning, very early, Vrouw Vedder opened the door of her little Dutch kitchen and stepped out.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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The sunbeams of summer were long past, and snowflakes had fallen thickly on the banks of Red River.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1