summertime
pronunciation
How to pronounce summertime in British English:
UK [ˈsʌmətaɪm]
How to pronounce summertime in American English:
US [ˈsʌmərtaɪm]
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- Noun:
- the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
Word Origin
- summertime (n.)
- also summer-time, late 14c., somer tyme, from summer (n.1) + time (n.). Earlier were summertide (mid-13c.), sumeres tid (late Old English). In Britain, as two words, with reference to what in U.S. is daylight saving time, recorded from 1916.
Example
- 1. It must be magnificent to be here in summertime .
- 2. Summertime is supposed to be fun , leisurely , carefree .
- 3. Summertime reading is about escaping from the real world .
- 4. Mars 's seasons last roughly two seasons on earth ; it is now summertime in the southern martian hemisphere .
- 5. But the rate of snow and ice melting varies considerably , so changes in ice mass come largely from changes in summertime melt .