autumn
playSimple Definition of autumn
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: the season between summer and winter
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: the later part of someone's life or of something's existence
Full Definition of autumn
1 : the season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of September, October, and November or as reckoned astronomically extending from the September equinox to the December solstice —called also fall
2 : a period of maturity or incipient decline <in the autumn of life>
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Examples of autumn in a sentence
in the autumn of last year
a magnificent New England autumn
She went off to college in the autumn of 1999.
When autumn came he planted grass.
Origin and Etymology of autumn
Middle English autumpne, from Latin autumnus
First Known Use: 14th century
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AUTUMN Defined for Kids
autumn
playDefinition of autumn for Students
: the season between summer and winter
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