seasonal

comparative more seasonal · superlative most seasonal

1. Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

   It is a seasonal swimming pool.

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   The cult of the holiday camp has brought seasonal expresses to fresh destinations such as Penychain, in North Wales; over 250,000 people go by train annually to Butlin's holiday camps alone.

   1957 July 28, D. S. M. Barrie, “Sixty Years of British Express Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 456

   Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau.

   2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN

   Antonyms: aseasonal, nonseasonal

2. Appropriate to the season.

   Q: How's the weather there? A: The wind is pretty stiff, but it's seasonal, so no complaints.

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   Q: Eyewitness News now turns to Steve for a weather update. Steve, what does the coming week have in store for us? A: Well, Stacy, get ready for the return of seasonal temperatures, because our little break from the cold will be coming to an end.

   Antonyms: unseasonal

plural seasonals

1. Anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.