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[ noun ] the season when the leaves fall from the trees

Synonyms

fall

Examples

"in the fall of 1973"

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

I must add at_once that these animals are what we call `` queens '' , young females that have mated in the previous summer or autumn .

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

But the liaison successfully started in the last days of autumn was now languishing .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

It all began on an autumn afternoon - and who , after all these centuries , can describe the fineness of an autumn day ?

It all began on an autumn afternoon - and who , after all these centuries , can describe the fineness of an autumn day ?

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

However one looks_at it , therefore , I 'd say that your horoscope for this autumn is the reverse of rosy .

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[ adjective ] occurring in or appropriate to the season of autumn

Examples

"autumn leaves"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Southern_California gasped and blinked under an autumn hot_spell , drier , more enervating , more laden with man 's contrived impurities than the worst days of the summer past .

Related terms

autumnal

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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 660
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