Meaning of winter in English

winter

/ˈwɪn.tər/ us

/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/

the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather is coldest:

I think you tend to eat more in (the) winter.

Last winter we went skiing.

It's been a surprisingly mild winter.

a winter/winter's day

winter weather/snow

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wintertime

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Delicate plants need to be kept in a greenhouse during the winter.
Everywhere looks so grey and depressing in winter.
We need to conserve our supplies so we can get through the winter.
The road is open now, but it is often blocked by snow in the winter.
We tend to get cold winters and warm, dry summers in this part of the country.

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winter

verb [ I + adv/prep ]

/ˈwɪn.tər/ us

/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/

(especially of a bird) to spend the winter in a particular place:

Birds migrate so that they can winter in a warmer country.

A lot of older people from northern states winter in Florida or Arizona.

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(Definition of winter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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winter

noun [ C/U ]

/ˈwɪn·tər/

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the season when the weather is coldest between fall and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator:

[ C ] last/next/this winter

[ U ] My grandparents often vacation in Florida for part of the winter.

(Definition of winter from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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The relativity of the excesses over the six winters in respiratory disorders was broadly consistent in each data series (three age groups, three parameters).

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In a northern temperate climate with cold, moist winters and warm, moist summers, spring is often the most favourable season for seedling establishment.

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The land receives abundant rainfall, with generally mild winters and hot, although humid, summers, and intensive agricultural cultivation began more than three hundred years ago.

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The climate of the region is transitional from oceanic to continental, with long severe winters and cool summers.

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Extensive scientific exercises, football, hockey, and skating as well as preparations for sledge journeys kept them busy during the winters.

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The length of winters, the cold, predictability of rainfall and resource densities are crucial parameters to characterize these environments.

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Epidemics were noted during the winters of 1982-83 and 1985-86.

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The hydrochastic capsules open when wetted by only a few drops of rain in the following winters.

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The small number of unidentified birds, wintering migrants and vagrants outside their known breeding range were ignored.

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On a snow-covered, late winter's morning the pending sunburst hangs low in the sky [42].

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Many were written expressly to describe tragic or dramatic events, particularly wintering by ships beset in the ice, some to be published as books or in newspapers or magazines.

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The variations in this regard are attributed mainly to the presence or otherwise of ratooned cotton, particularly in mild winters and to seasons of very late planting.

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By contrast, relatively harsh winters can occur in some of the more elevated areas of its distribution, coincidentally the sites with higher parasitism rates, with snowfalls and frequent freezing temperatures.

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By winter's end in loam soil, about 70% of the seeds remained at the shallowest horizon (0-2 mm), 20% at 2-4 mm and 10% at 4-6 mm.

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Genotype 007 was found on weeds in two successive winters and on pepper in a single region in one year but was never collected on tobacco.

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approaching winter

This period, together with the approaching winter, will form a watershed.

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bitter winter

Having endured a hot and humid first summer the settlement suffered a bitter winter in 1607-8.

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chilly winter

I fervently hope that he is wrong about the weather, but in economics we face a chilly winter, despite all the great developments which have taken place.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

冬季，冬天, （尤指鳥類）過冬，越冬…

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