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Definition of Time of year
1. Noun. One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions. "The regular sequence of the seasons"
Specialized synonyms: Harvest, Harvest Time, Haying, Haying Time, Autumn, Fall, Spring, Springtime, Summer, Summertime, Winter, Wintertime, Rainy Season, Dry Season
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Group relationships: Year
Definition of Time of year
1. Noun. A particular period in the year. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Time Of Year
Literary usage of Time of year
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, Reginald Brimley Johnson (1892)
"To some few of the company it appeared rather a bold undertaking, considering
the time of year, and that it had rained every day for the last fortnight;— ..."
2. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"As to tbe time of year, Madam.' said I if ever one would wish to be in the coon-
which industry must buy ;—one such actual try at all, surely this month is ..."
3. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"... Leaves— Planting Season — Reckon Ages by Winters — Commemorate Events — No
Division of Days into Hours— Recall Time of Year by Past Events — How Mothers ..."
4. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"That time of year them may'st in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few,
do the cold, Bare ruined choirs,5 where late the hang Upon those boughs ..."
5. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The daily change in the time of sunset it due in the ürst place to the Sun's
movement southwards at this time of year, which diminishes the interval between ..."
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