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A form of autumn — Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Meanings

autum1

nounautum (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of autumn.

    […] but if the ſtars grace him with all fauourable aſpects, and that he liue ful of content in many honoꝛs and much wealth, yet his pꝛime hath his autum, his faire bloſſoms turnes to tawnie leaues, age wil ſhake him by the ſhoulder, and nature wil haue his due, […]

    1600, Robert Greene, Greenes Neuer too late.

autum2

nounautum (plural autums)

plural autums

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of autem.
adjectiveautum (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of autem.
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APA

autum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autum

MLA

“autum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autum. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autum.

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