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Definition of "autumn" []

  • The season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and from September to December in the Northern Hemisphere; fall. (noun)
  • A period of maturity verging on decline. (noun)
  • Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of autumn: autumn foliage; autumn harvests. (adjective)
  • Grown during the season of autumn: autumn crops. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "autumn" in a sentence
  • "This last view of baseball in autumn is nothing new."
  • "The leaf the idle wind shakes down in autumn from the tree,"
  • ""If these Bayern are the real deal, the word autumn champions might just take on a whole new meaning," predicted Abendzeitung eerily."