Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to, occurring in, or varying with a particular season.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the seasons; relating to a season or seasons.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the seasons.
  • adjective Occurring or being used in a specific season.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) the condition of having two distinct varieties which appear at different seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective occurring at or dependent on a particular season
  • noun a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons

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Examples

  • But after they got the tobacco workers organized into separate locals, they came in and hired several people to go all over the country where they had tobacco unions, in Kentucky in the eastern part of the state, where they had what they called seasonal

    Oral History Interview with Conrad Odell Pearson, April 18, 1979. Interview H-0218. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1979

  • A seasonal permit allows you to use a Sno-Park without need of a Discover Pass note the word "seasonal".

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • We do at the warehouses of course after every seasonal Christmas, have seasonal what we call seasonal lay offs in some cases we dug a little deeper there, but I believe and the most example is, people were laid off were part timers that had 10 year of less than six months of the company and we will be the first to be hired back should they want to be hired back, that takes a few months.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • We do at the warehouses of course after every seasonal Christmas, have seasonal what we call seasonal lay offs in some cases we dug a little deeper there, but I believe and the most example is, people were laid off were part timers that had 10 year of less than six months of the company and we will be the first to be hired back should they want to be hired back, that takes a few months.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • We do at the warehouses of course after every seasonal Christmas, have seasonal what we call seasonal lay offs in some cases we dug a little deeper there, but I believe and the most example is, people were laid off were part timers that had 10 year of less than six months of the company and we will be the first to be hired back should they want to be hired back, that takes a few months.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • Evidence for warming is also observed in seasonal changes with earlier springs, longer frost-free periods and longer growing seasons, and shifts in natural habitats and in migratory patterns of birds.

    About: Blinded by Science 2010

  • However, I am very partial to the fruit pies my mother used to make including (in seasonal fruit order, rather than preference) cherry, blueberry, peach and apple.

    Apples & Leaves Pie Top Cutter and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites 2009

  • During my visit, the city was drenched in seasonal rains, but it bathes year-round in a deep-set shabbiness.

    The Next Empire 2010

  • You have content, but you have to dress it up in seasonal clothes.

    Women Grow Business » Using Headlines And Hooks For Media Attention 2010

  • During my visit, the city was drenched in seasonal rains, but it bathes year-round in a deep-set shabbiness.

    The Next Empire 2010

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