summertime
noun
the summer season.
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“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….”
summertime
American
[suhm-er-tahym]
/ ˈsʌm ərˌtaɪm /
noun
summertime
British
/ ˈsʌməˌtaɪm /
noun
“Summertime”
Cultural
Etymology
Origin of summertime
First recorded in 1350–1400, summertime is from the Middle English word somertime. See summer 1, time
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Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Poltergeist” was, notably, a summertime Amblin release that similarly riffed on classic creature scares — updating dusty, old ghost tropes with new ideas — much like Mitchell does with his dino-time-travel extravaganza.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
A second straight year with big negative summertime revisions, however, could send economists searching for a deeper statistical explanation for the pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Vacation-themed drinks like Luckin Coffee’s new Piña Colada Mocktail are keeping summertime going, but restaurant menus are showing the first hints of fall with items like Wendy’s Apple Crumble Frosty Fusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It just gave them something to talk about in the summertime when everything was dull on the muck.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Built on a pentatonic scale, “Summertime” gathers within its modest frame the sound world of black folk tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
He doesn’t want this “Summertime” to be a remembrance of things past, but a midcentury modernist call to action.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
The work was once described by James Baldwin as “a white man’s version of Negro life,” but wouldn’t you agree that the world is enriched by songs like “Summertime” or “I Loves You, Porgy”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
The melody of “Summertime” carried me up the stairs and to sleep without a care to disturb my dreams.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
He smiles, bends and kisses the top of my head, the first notes of “Summertime” rising from the piano.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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