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
Ocean-derived moisture can travel across continents within large weather systems including atmospheric rivers, monsoons and tropical storms.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025
Scientists have also found that in a warming world, the growing interaction between westerly disturbances and monsoons is producing another unusual result.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
These leaves were brilliandy green, a 256 green so bright and emerald that, next to it, vegetation during the monsoons was drab olive.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
