seasonal
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Commonly Confused
Seasonal and seasonable are sometimes interchanged, probably because of their obvious connection with season. In edited prose and in formal speech these two adjectives are almost always distinguished. Seasonal describes phenomena that occur with or depend upon a season or the seasons: seasonal fluctuations in rainfall; seasonal sales. Seasonable in reference to weather means “suitable to or characteristic of the season”: a seasonable December; seasonable temperatures for July. Seasonable also has the sense “timely, opportune”: a seasonable offer of financial assistance.
Other Word Forms
- multiseasonal adjective
- nonseasonal adjective
- nonseasonally adverb
- preseasonal adjective
- seasonally adverb
- seasonalness noun
- transseasonal adjective
Etymology
Origin of seasonal
Example Sentences
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He said the pair initially went door-to-door in Camberwell offering trees and installations, before expanding the idea into a seasonal business.
From BBC
“Trough conditions continue: depressed business activity, some seasonal but largely impacted by customer issues due to interest rates, tariffs, low oil commodity pricing and limited housing starts,” said a respondent in the machinery sector.
The pharmaceutical giant said it had submitted regulatory filings in several countries, including the U.S., for marketing authorization of mRNA-1010, its messenger RNA-based vaccine targeting seasonal influenza strains.
From Barron's
However, seasonal trends should always be taken with a grain of salt.
From MarketWatch
He walked into a local wine shop to ask about work, and was hired for a seasonal job.
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