seasonality

American  

[see-zuh-nal-i-tee] / ˌsi zəˈnæl ɪ ti /

noun

• seasonalities
  plural

1. the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons.

   the seasonality of Halloween costumes.

2. Usually seasonalities a pattern, variation, or fluctuation that is correlated with a season, day of the week, or other period of time.

   a study of birth seasonalities;

   You get higher returns in January because of seasonalities in stock prices.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• seasonalities
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of seasonality

First recorded in 1900–05; seasonal ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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In January there was a 20% decline in customer spend, which contributed to "seasonality" within Anthropic's business.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Chefs have to consider seasonality, cost, time and, crucially, the people who will actually have to execute the food.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Skywalker Grill marks his first West Coast project, which required learning California’s seasonality, its markets and its tastes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

It isn’t just that the values nearly match or that the events occurred at almost the same time, but also the seasonality.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Their locations indicate seasonality of distribution, and their frequencies help indicate relative abundances of the various species.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell

These were then cross-referenced with traits associated with domestication such as changes in their skeletons, coats, ears, tails, brain sizes and seasonalities.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2023

"With incoming data in the next few months skewed by new year-related seasonalities, it remains difficult to gauge with precision the shape of an eventual recovery."

From Reuters ● Jan. 17, 2023

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