monsoon
noun
the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
monsoons
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pluralof monsoon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Its effects can include drought across parts of the Amazon, Indonesia and Australia, disrupted monsoons in India, and more tropical storms and typhoons in the Pacific.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The tech company has been helping farmers in India monitor the threat of monsoons through its open-source AI model to provide granular forecasting data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
SAI efforts concentrated near the poles, for example, could disrupt tropical monsoons, while releases near the equator might alter jet streams and interfere with global air circulation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
His province is where most deaths have been recorded during this year's monsoons.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
And he had blood-red nails and a brown leaf on his back that made the monsoons come on time.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
