summertime

American  

[suhm-er-tahym] / ˈsʌm ərˌtaɪm /

noun

1. the summer season.

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summertime British  

/ ˈsʌməˌtaɪm /

noun

1. the period or season of summer

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“Summertime” Cultural  

1. One of the best-known songs of George Gershwin; it comes from the opera Porgy and Bess and begins, “Summertime, and the living is easy….”

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Etymology

Origin of summertime

First recorded in 1350–1400, summertime is from the Middle English word somertime. See summer ¹, time

Example Sentences

“Come summertime, I can emerge as a new person,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A common summertime complaint usually goes something like this: “It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity that I can’t stand.”

From Barron's

Yet it has in the past saved major rulings until the summertime.

From MarketWatch

But even the best film music has often been relegated to “pops” and summertime concerts, with a tacit judgment among symphony orchestras that it should only ever be paired with children and picnic blankets.

From Los Angeles Times

Because we were just starting to shoot in the summertime, we could make some adjustments, but I don’t remember going back and changing things.

From Los Angeles Times

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