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name
A female given name from English of modern usage, from autumn, the name of the season.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: fall, harvest, back end
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: decline
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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verb
To spend the autumn (in a particular place).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To (cause to) undergo the changes associated with autumn, such as leaves changing color and falling from trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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noun
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: season, time of year
History
Inherited from Middle English autumpne, from Middle French automne, from Old French automne, autonne, from Latin autumnus. Some of the verbal senses are from Latin autumnāre.
Across languages
343 source translations are retained for this English entry.
