summertime

[ suhm-er-tahym ]
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noun
  1. the summer season.

Origin of summertime

1
First recorded in 1350–1400, summertime is from the Middle English word somertime.See summer1, time

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Other definitions for summer time (2 of 2)

summer time

noun
  1. Chiefly British. daylight-saving time.

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British Dictionary definitions for summertime (1 of 2)

summertime

/ (ˈsʌməˌtaɪm) /


noun
  1. the period or season of summer

British Dictionary definitions for summer time (2 of 2)

summer time

noun
  1. British any daylight-saving time, esp British Summer Time

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Cultural definitions for “Summertime”

“Summertime”

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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