Meanings
plural times of year
- A particular period in the year.
It'll be freezing in Canada at this time of year.
1 more example
It's that time of year again... when we start to hear the dreaded 'C' word being uttered more frequently on TV adverts (that's Christmas, by the way).
2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 70Synonyms: season, time of the year
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA particular period in the year.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German Jahreszeit
- Jahreszeitseason
Spanish época / momento del año
- época / momento del añoseason
Cite this entry
time of year. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20of%20year
“time of year.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20of%20year. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time of year,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20of%20year.
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