seasonal

[ see-zuh-nl ]
/ ˈsi zə nl /
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adjective

pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.

noun

a seasonal product, employee, etc.: to hire seasonals.

Origin of seasonal

First recorded in 1830–40; season + -al1

usage note for seasonal

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 WORDS FROM seasonal

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH seasonal

seasonable seasonal (see usage note at the current entry)

Words nearby seasonal

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Words related to seasonal

fitful, infrequent, recurrent, occasional, periodic, recurring, different, eternal, continuing, persistent, never-ending, chronic, continual, longstanding, yearly, intermittent, annual, repeated, regular, routine

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British Dictionary definitions for seasonal

seasonal
/ (ˈsiːzənəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or occurring at a certain season or certain seasons of the year seasonal labour

Derived forms of seasonal

seasonally, adverb seasonalness, noun