- the warmest season of the year, coming between spring and autumn
- in the summer We're going away in the summer.
- in the summer of 2019
- this/next/last summer
- two summers ago
- in summer It's very hot here in summer.
- late/early summer
- It is now high summer (= the hottest part of summer).
- during the summer during the long hot summer
- a cool/wet summer
- over the summer I managed to get six weeks' work over the summer.
- throughout the summer Sales will take place throughout the spring and summer.
- a summer’s day
- She was wearing a light summer dress.
- The house is now open to the public during the summer months.
- the summer holidays/vacation/break
- We're at the height of summer travel season.
- Are you looking for a summer job?
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1- Seville is scorching in high summer.
- There are two new courses being run in the summer term.
- Insect populations reach high levels during the summer.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- last
- this past
- the following
- …
- heat
- temperature
- weather
- …
Word OriginOld English sumor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zomer, German Sommer, also to Sanskrit samā ‘year’.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See summer in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee summer in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishone swallow doesn’t make a summer
- (saying) you must not take too seriously a small sign that something is happening or will happen in the future, because the situation could change
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