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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
seasonal
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
seasonal affective disorder
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
change
▪ Apparently Maggie is going wild trying to find out who is responsible for seasonal changes.
▪ Sacrifice or trade-offs due to seasonal change? 3.
▪ Of more practical importance than estimates of global annual average temperature increase is that of resulting regional and seasonal changes.
▪ These telescopes revealed ice caps at both poles of Mars and documented seasonal changes in color and contrast.
▪ These seasonal changes arise because our planet's axis is not vertical but tilted slightly.
▪ The predictable seasonal changes are anticipated by birds through the changes of day length.
▪ The tropical forests can provide a home for such a specialized and diverse fauna because they undergo very little seasonal change.
cycle
▪ In Temperate regions there are regular seasonal cycles, ultimately driven by the regular cycling of the Earth around the sun.
▪ Carrying their own temperature environment within them, their adaptations, such as they are, relate mainly to seasonal cycles of food.
▪ A comparison of the measured and calculated seasonal cycles of peroxide at Cape Grim is shown in Fig. 3.
debut
▪ He won on his seasonal debut at Chepstow last month and wasn't at all disgraced when third at Ascot the other day.
▪ He made a satisfactory seasonal debut at Newbury the other day.
▪ On his seasonal debut he was beaten six lengths by the very fit Cruising Altitude.
fluctuations
▪ Agribusiness that operates in sectors marked by seasonal fluctuations has been prone to this sort of employment.
▪ Availability of gur was subject to seasonal fluctuations.
▪ Temperatures were measured down to a depth of 5 kilometres, where seasonal fluctuations have no effect.
▪ Some climates have marked seasonal regimes, so that the study of seasonal fluctuations of climate may be necessary to explain the landforms.
migration
▪ It has been suggested that seasonal migrations could explain their presence, but this hypothesis is untenable.
▪ As in the other mountain regions, population pressure was alleviated to some extent by seasonal migration.
▪ So in Savoy, as in the county of Nice, the natural complement to pastoralism was seasonal migration.
pattern
▪ Seasonal dummies also proved to be necessary - eurodollar issuance follows a seasonal pattern, with a marked trough in December.
▪ All the gains reflect seasonal patterns.
▪ The note issue also follows a pronounced seasonal pattern throughout the year rising, in particular, at Easter and Christmas.
variation
▪ The measured seasonal variations of peroxide and ozone in clean air at Cape Grim during the experiment are contrasted in Fig. 4.
▪ The figures are adjusted for seasonal variations.
▪ One major factor in causing seasonal variations in food supplies was the difficulty of storage.
▪ Do you see seasonal variations in sales?
▪ Table 2 shows the differences among the schools and in addition the seasonal variation.
▪ All figures are preliminary and are adjusted for seasonal variation.
▪ In other words, they have become instinctively aware of changes in daily and seasonal variations in temperature.
▪ Modern studies of Mars confirm the seasonal variations of the surface brightness, but without biological intervention.
worker
▪ Men who had been seasonal workers formerly began talking of going stone-gathering and ditching during the winter.
▪ For many seasonal workers, the biggest drawback can be the irregular hours and erratic schedules.
▪ The seasonal workers and outworkers do not receive the security or the minimal benefits that are available to regular workers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
seasonal variation in rainfall levels
▪ waffles served with fresh seasonal fruits
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In other words, they have become instinctively aware of changes in daily and seasonal variations in temperature.
▪ In Temperate regions there are regular seasonal cycles, ultimately driven by the regular cycling of the Earth around the sun.
▪ Of the dailies, Today's circulation has registered the worst seasonal drop, falling to 466,631 from 513,673.
▪ The seasonal charts are for late evenings, with the Sun far enough below the horizon for the sky to be dark.
▪ The problem is that the number could be exceptionally hard to interpret because of seasonal adjustment difficulties.
▪ This compares with 63 % at this time in 1997 and a five-year seasonal average of 53 %.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
seasonal

Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See Cycle.]

  1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.
    --Coleridge.

  2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.

    Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.

    Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic; homocyclic, isocyclic]

    Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.

  3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.

    Note: [Narrower terms: alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal); alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal); alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal); biyearly; circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity); circular; daily, diurnal; fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; midweek, midweekly; seasonal; semestral, semestrial; semiannual, biannual, biyearly; semiweekly, biweekly; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial; bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly; monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal); triennial]

  4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].

    Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.

    Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject.
    --Milman.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
seasonal

"pertaining to the seasons; relating to a season," 1829, from season (n.) + -al (1). Of workers or employment, from 1904. Related: Seasonally.

Wiktionary
seasonal

a. Of, related to(,) or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics. n. Anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee.

WordNet
seasonal

adj. occurring at or dependent on a particular season; "seasonal labor"; "a seasonal rise in unemployment" [ant: year-round]

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Usage examples of "seasonal".

He walked across the architrave to stand above the Dhaila every night, though it did not stop time from flowing and autumn from fleeting on its seasonal path.

Untreated chronic disorders such as anemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, untreated thyroid conditions, seasonal affective disorder, menopausal or perimenopausal symptoms, or immune-deficiency problems can make a person too exhausted to conjure up a creative new life.

Below the 612 DAVID HAGBERG seasonal thermocline, but still well above the permanent layer.

Either the sub had bugged out, or it was hiding beneath the seasonal thermocline, which around here was at about nine hundred feet.

The month brought such spring as came to the Andean highlands, mainly a foretaste of the seasonal rains that would begin next month in earnest.

Church of San Matteo, Suor Barbera prepared the violet-colored candles, the seasonal violet altar hangings, and the special violet and rose vestments for the priest.

Even those who longed to see something of the world outside the valley could not really imagine a life without the seasonal rhythm of budbreak, berryset, ripening, harvest and frost.

It is probably the survival of an ancient fertility rite and combines, in one ceremony, the features of a number of other seasonal dances and mumming plays.

In an equable world where tropical or paratropical forests spread far from the equator, there was little seasonal variation, and here in Texas the trees did not shed their leaves regularly.

I wrote the story of Juno Lucina in order to conceptualize Her regenerative power as it relates to Her Son, the Sun or the Seasonal Year.

The Indians have a detailed knowledge of such aspects as seasonal variation and microdistributions of the animal and plant species of their habitat.

In an agrarian society where the average person slept under a roof made of indigenous plants, on a floor made of indigenous dirt, the French had somehow convinced the population in dozens, perhaps hundreds of backward villages to build a cathedral-like concrete church, with a spire that reached in crumbly gray majesty to the sky, until the Vietminh or the Vietcong or a seasonal storm tumbled the spire down onto the main body of the church, turning it into another ruined recent relic for DeMudge to spew and sputter over.

Nonessential included not only seasonal interpreters, but also archaeologists, department heads, the administrative officer, the chief ranger, and the superintendent himself.

Predisposing factors are similar to those preceding the onset of seasonal coughs and colds.

We may find this seasonal variation useful, providing environmental cues for our planned two-phase reproductive cycle.