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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
summer
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a spring/summer etc evening
▪ On a summer evening, the streets are full of people.
a spring/summer/autumn/winter flower
▪ The mountainsides were blanketed with spring flowers.
a summer breeze
▪ He felt the soft summer breeze against his skin.
a summer dress
▪ a cool blue summer dress
a summer holiday
▪ They were going to a house on the coast for their summer holidays.
a summer vacation
▪ What did you do on your summer vacation?
a summer/winter etc morning
▪ They set off on a beautiful spring morning.
a weekend/summer cottage (=that the owners go to at weekends or in the summer)
▪ They live in London but they also have a weekend cottage by the sea.
a winter/summer storm
▪ People fear there may be more flooding when the winter storms hit.
British Summer Time
early spring/summer etc
▪ These plants produce flowers from early spring to late summer.
Indian summer
summer camp
summer holidays
summer pudding
summer school
summer solstice
summer vacation
the spring/summer/autumn term
▪ Mrs Collins will be leaving us at the end of the summer term.
the spring/summer/autumn/winter sunshine
▪ She was sitting in the garden, enjoying the spring sunshine.
the summer heat
▪ He went indoors to escape the summer heat.
the summer/autumn/winter/spring months
▪ It's very cold here during the winter months.
the summer/winter sky
▪ Her eyes were as blue as the summer sky.
the summer/winter solstice (=the longest or shortest day of the year)
winter/summer clothes
▪ The shops are already full of winter clothes.
winter/summer clothing
winter/summer etc wardrobe (=the clothes you have for a particular time of year)
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
early
▪ She recollected the way, even backwards and in the early summer greenness.
▪ Norton had decided as early as the summer of 1882 that the battle was lost.
▪ When he woke up, stiff and uncomfortable, the early summer dawn was lighting the room.
▪ In the early summer of 1968 Father Edward Sponga, the provincial, or superior, of the province suddenly disappeared.
▪ The contract is scheduled to be completed by early summer.
▪ The river is benign now but will turn into a threatening torrent when the monsoons begin in early summer.
▪ Bath was more beautiful than ever in the early summer.
▪ In early summer of 1951, we heard the news we had been waiting for.
high
▪ Our guests anticipate the end of high summer and the start of autumn.
▪ Say you were stuck out in the Sonoran wilderness at high noon in summer, lost, thirsty and tired.
▪ In high summer, provisions were plentiful, but would have to be gathered and loaded.
▪ But that could be shortened to just two high readings this summer.
▪ By high summer the downland fields are magnificent blocks of green-headed wheat.
▪ Plans are to enroll 100 participants from five high schools this summer and then expand the program in future years.
▪ The high blue summer weather goes on and on and by mid-afternoon it's hot up here under the leads.
▪ It was high summer, a warm sunny day.
hot
▪ Often at night that hot summer the new overburdened power plants would give up and die.
▪ But, I just found it too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.
▪ During the hot summers I've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit.
▪ I had a conversation with Marjorie Kelly, editor of Business Ethics magazine, on a hot summer morning.
▪ Another mild spring and long, hot summer?
▪ He became increasingly frustrated by his inability to preserve food, especially dairy products, during hot summer months.
▪ It had been a hot summer, and dust rose from the rough flags as they settled.
last
▪ Primary national science test results have improved steadily, with 78 per cent of pupils reaching the required standard last summer.
▪ When Eddie and I went to the fair last summer, you laughed at us.
late
▪ The beauty of that late summer came to seem, finally, quite bizarre.
▪ Proper cleansing and moisturising are essential to avoid the effects of sunbathing and those long, late summer nights.
▪ In the late summer, however, the leaves disappear and the plant does not resume growth until the beginning of spring.
▪ The fields here were fringed with rowan trees, their bright red berries clashing horribly with the purple heather of late summer.
▪ In the late summer, they thought the epidemic was over.
▪ He could only imagine the impatience of the thousands waiting in the late summer sun outside.
▪ A 24-week program will start in late summer.
long
▪ Cool, refreshing pastel shades are just right for a long hot summer!
▪ With school being such a lifeline for my beleaguered psyche, the long summer vacation presented a uniquely gloomy and purgatorial prospect.
▪ Another mild spring and long, hot summer?
▪ And by the neglect of the long hot summer.
▪ Perhaps not even in the long summer that stretched ahead of them.
▪ So a long hot summer with bright, sunny days well into September will result in a high concentration of both pigments.
▪ Proper cleansing and moisturising are essential to avoid the effects of sunbathing and those long, late summer nights.
■ NOUN
camp
▪ Allen said that he called Previn at summer camp in 1991, using the name George Simon.
▪ For Olajuwon, the Dream Team experience has been like a summer camp at a very exclusive boys' club.
▪ Sigua was reported to have fled to the rebel headquarters in a Komsomol summer camp outside Tbilisi to avoid arrest.
▪ This year, too, the Pillow experience was like summer camp for the dancers.
▪ It was running like a well-oiled machine, instead of like a slightly out-of-control summer camp.
▪ Also, the West Coast is where my family, summer camps and friends are.
▪ The Sea Cadets had a summer camp in the naval base at Aultbea with good facilities.
▪ The question of whether children were safe at summer camp or not made for much parental discussion and anxiety.
day
▪ The old building, seen from the Thames on summer days, is quietly and broodingly majestic.
▪ On a sweltering, humid summer day, no one in Philly sweats.
▪ He had a peculiar droning voice that reminded people of summer days and of buzzing from high up.
▪ It was a hot summer day, and our employees were dressed... casually.
▪ On sunny summer days it is possible to enjoy the dancing of the butterflies on the wild flower-rich embankments.
▪ The average 1995 worldwide temperature was 59. 7 degrees, or the equivalent of a summer day in London.
▪ David and his pals spent long summer days at the local swimming pool and they were out to impress the girls.
▪ It is a clear blue summer day, I am completely happy.
evening
▪ This woman arrived at the refuge early one summer evening in 1982 after a row over the dinner.
▪ We crossed a park and walked through a ring of benches where peo-ple were enjoying the summer evening.
▪ It was a typical summer evening in June.
▪ Society of summer evenings in Lake Wobegon was formal and genteel.
▪ I watched Ilsa climb the stairs in the golden haze of the summer evening.
▪ Another time, the school on the next block goes up in flames on a summer evening.
▪ Magnificent patches of white elder, their scent adding to the heady summer evening.
▪ The recollection of the summer evening sunlight coming through the large window behind the preacher's head evokes many nostalgic memories.
holiday
▪ By chance he, his wife and child had spent their summer holiday at Sam Son.
▪ High standards of plumbing, sanitation and hygiene; special factors: school summer holiday peak demand; operator reliability and continuity.
▪ The really outstanding events of the year were the Powells' party and the summer holiday in Cornwall.
▪ He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I'd owned him.
▪ My coming summer holiday started on the same day as my cousin's, and I was much looking forward to it.
▪ Instead of chilling with my friends after my GCSEs, I spent my summer holidays travelling the country.
▪ I must admit to enjoying the end of the summer holiday.
month
▪ Yet again it is the summer months that look the most fertile.
▪ The museum is open daily during the summer months.
▪ Also during the summer months, one of the Diocesan students for the priesthood came to Lartington on placement.
▪ Food is at its most plentiful during the short summer months, when the snow melts to uncover the higher mountain pastures.
▪ The projects will be supported and supervised over the summer months by staff of the Enterprise Centre.
▪ The mill can be seen working at weekends and bank holidays in the summer months.
night
▪ I talked to them in the Friends' Meeting House on a dark and stormy summer night.
▪ Restless cars and people, mostly young, roved aimlessly, exploring the summer night.
▪ The watchers from Berwick's walls presently could see them no more, in an overcast early summer night.
▪ Ted Lame, shirtless in the heat of the summer night, was waiting for them where they crossed Highway 18.
▪ Those summer nights at Hury will stay with me for ever.
▪ One summer night we sat outside under the gnarled 100-year-old trees and talked while his mom finished fixing dinner.
▪ Midnight sunlight shining through fogs gives the GISP2 drill tower a halo on summer nights.
▪ It was a lovely example of a wine to sip on a hot summer night on the deck or by the pool.
school
▪ And then he was leaving for the Devon summer school.
▪ Families travel to Los Angeles for intensive summer school sessions.
▪ Red velvet curtains closed out the Devon night, and the bar was awash with the drunken summer school intelligentsia.
▪ The change will add an estimated 33,000 new students to the summer school rosters, which last year reached about 200,000.
▪ We then went to a summer school in general relativity at Cornell University in upstate New York.
▪ Harvard summer school would have been a tantalizing experience for her.
▪ Anyone can participate in summer schools, as no auditions are required, only completion of an application form.
▪ He co-directed, then directed, the Library Association's summer schools at Aberystwyth from 1917 until 1929.
season
▪ In post-war years there was only a nine-minute service of Marton cars during the summer season, until it closed in 1961.
▪ Best claims to be willing to take groups out all year round, although the summer season is obviously more popular.
▪ The new collective bargaining agreement called for 10 weeks of subscription programs plus a four-week summer season.
▪ Lounge Bar, Cafe - Concerts and discos held regularly throughout the summer season.
▪ Open all the year, except Christmas and New Year's Day, with a tea-room available in the peak summer season.
▪ Unlike the trams, they are only seen during the summer season.
▪ Opera buffs will enjoy the summer season at Glyndebourne, 3 miles away.
term
▪ The summer term options include Cricket, Athletic and minor field games.
▪ During the summer term the man had consumed about twenty pints of Young's Special a week.
▪ The students attend the school for four sessions at the beginning of the summer term, to carry out their assignment.
▪ However, schools plan their staffing levels at least three months earlier and the timetable is usually worked on throughout the summer term.
▪ The project consists of several months' fieldwork carried out during the summer term and long vacation of the Junior Honours year.
▪ Yet his closest school-friend, that previous summer term, he found to be an agnostic.
▪ This delay was partly due to the teachers' industrial action in the summer term of 1984.
vacation
▪ In 1961 he spent the summer vacation touring with blues singer Sam Cooks.
▪ Airports had already been packed due to the summer vacation rush.
▪ Study for the dissertation for postgraduate degrees is normally undertaken during the summer vacation.
▪ The planning department officials assigned to work on the project gave up their summer vacations to bring it in on time.
▪ In the summer vacation there is a two-week camp.
▪ The postcards were usually of places we had visited as a family on those grueling summer vacations long ago.
▪ In recent months a good deal of concern has been expressed about students no longer having access to benefits over the summer vacation.
▪ With school being such a lifeline for my beleaguered psyche, the long summer vacation presented a uniquely gloomy and purgatorial prospect.
■ VERB
spend
▪ Although a few birds usually spend the summer in Shetland they have not so far been proved to breed here.
▪ He spent a couple of summers working for Congress.
▪ In 1961 he spent the summer vacation touring with blues singer Sam Cooks.
▪ He spent the next two summers playing Double-A at Reading, slowly progressing.
▪ So guess where one of my weeks will be spent this summer?
▪ Young Oliver Rowntree, nursing his outrage, spent the summer brooding about what he could do to retaliate.
▪ Others have spent long summer holidays there.
▪ Since 1995, he spent summers in Glasston.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all day/year/summer etc long
▪ He just sat at a table ticking off numbers all day long.
▪ He loved growing things, and in Florida he could work his garden all year long.
▪ I suppose that if we include New Zealand, we can claim to have new season lamb practically all year long.
▪ She'd sail the lake all day long if I let her.
▪ Smashing down mogul fields all day long, day after day, sounds great to skiers in their 20s.
▪ So all day long her thoughts fought with each other.
▪ The docks were experiencing a boom in trade and all day long a steady stream of customers came and went.
▪ There is just so little meaning in what I do almost all day long!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He looked much younger than his 70 summers.
▪ the summer of 1972
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Announced last summer, the transaction became effective Jan. 1.
▪ Cornell University also offers a large variety of short courses on specific themes, held during the summer session.
▪ In the summer and autumn of 1989, Labour led strongly in the opinion polls again.
▪ Meanwhile, the film version of Skipped Parts begins production this summer.
▪ Olympic champions Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell will have their work cut out in their first individual races of the summer.
▪ Perhaps the color of the sky is no different in the summer.
▪ The employers pledged to provide summer and after-school jobs for young people and to give priority hiring to public school graduates.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A few have summered annually since 1966, but breeding is still very rare.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Summer

Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [From Sum, v.] One who sums; one who casts up an account.

Summer

Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [F. sommier a rafter, the same word as sommier a beast of burden. See Sumpter.] (Arch.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically:

  1. The lintel of a door or window.

  2. The commencement of a cross vault.

  3. A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.

Summer

Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. & Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr. sam[=a] year. [root]292.] The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year. Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to include the months of June, July, and August. Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about September 22d. Indian summer, in North America, a period of warm weather late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere, especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably from the custom of the Indians of using this time in preparation for winter by laying in stores of food. Saint Martin's summer. See under Saint. Summer bird (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] Summer colt, the undulating state of the air near the surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.] Summer complaint (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by heat and indigestion. Summer coot (Zo["o]l.), the American gallinule. [Local, U.S.] Summer cypress (Bot.), an annual plant ( Kochia Scoparia) of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens. Summer duck. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The wood duck.

  2. The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of Wood duck, under Wood. Summer fallow, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds. Summer rash (Med.), prickly heat. See under Prickly. Summer sheldrake (Zo["o]l.), the hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] Summer snipe. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The dunlin.

    2. The common European sandpiper.

  3. The green sandpiper.

    Summer tanager (Zo["o]l.), a singing bird ( Piranga rubra) native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and yellow beneath. Called also summer redbird.

    Summer teal (Zo["o]l.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.]

    Summer wheat, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures during the summer following. See Spring wheat.

    Summer yellowbird. (Zo["o]l.) See Yellowbird.

Summer

Summer \Sum"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Summered; p. pr. & vb. n. Summering.] To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland.

The fowls shall summer upon them.
--Is

  1. xviii. 6.

Summer

Summer \Sum"mer\, v. t. To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
summer

"horizontal bearing beam," late 13c., from Anglo-French sumer, Old French somier "main beam," originally "pack horse," from Vulgar Latin *saumarius, from Late Latin sagmarius "pack horse," from sagma "packsaddle" (see sumpter).

summer

"to pass the summer," mid-15c., from summer (n.1). Related: Summered; summering.

summer

"hot season of the year," Old English sumor "summer," from Proto-Germanic *sumur- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German sumar, Old Frisian sumur, Middle Dutch somer, Dutch zomer, German Sommer), from PIE root *sem- (2) "summer" (cognates: Sanskrit sama "season, half-year," Avestan hama "in summer," Armenian amarn "summer," Old Irish sam, Old Welsh ham, Welsh haf "summer").\n

\nAs an adjective from c.1300. Summer camp as an institution for youth is attested from 1886; summer resort is from 1823; summer school first recorded 1810; theatrical summer stock is attested from 1941 (see stock (n.2)). Old Norse sumarsdag, first day of summer, was the Thursday that fell between April 9 and 15.

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Wiktionary
summer

Etymology 1 alt. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere. n. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere. vb. (context intransitive English) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday. Etymology 2

n. 1 (context obsolete English) A pack-horse. 2 A horizontal beam supporting a building. Etymology 3

n. A person who sums.

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WordNet
summer

n. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" [syn: summertime]

summer

v. spend the summer; "We summered in Kashmir"

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Wikipedia
Summer

Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, falling between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition and culture and vice versa. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.

Summer (disambiguation)

Summer is one of the four seasons.

Summer or The Summer may also refer to:

Summer (1930 film)

Summer is a Walt Disney short film released on January 6, 1930. Directed by Ub Iwerks, it is the sequel to the short Springtime (1929). It's 6 minutes long.

Summer (novel)

Summer is a novel by Edith Wharton published in 1917 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The story is one of only two novels to be set in New England by Wharton, who was best known for her portrayals of upper-class New York society. The novel details the sexual awakening of its protagonist, Charity Royall, and her cruel treatment by the father of her child, and shares many plot similarities with Wharton's better-known novel, Ethan Frome. Only moderately well received when originally published, Summer has had a resurgence in critical popularity since the 1960s.

Summer (Mogwai composition)

"Summer" is a piece of music by Mogwai released as a double A-side with "Ithica 27ø9" on 4 November 1996 and eventually included on Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997). A version of "Summer" called "Summer (Priority Version)" is included on Mogwai's debut album, Young Team.

Summer (George Winston album)

Summer is the sixth album of pianist George Winston and his fifth solo piano album, released in 1991. It was reissued on Dancing Cat Records in 2008.

Summer (Subtle EP)

Summer is the debut EP by American alternative hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on A Purple 100 in 2001. It is now out of print.

The tracks "Flying Horse Plans", "Eneby Kurs" and "The Teeth Behind the Wheel" also appear on Earthsick, a compilation of material from the group's Season EPs.

Summer (Harisu album)

Summer is the fifth studio album by South Korean entertainer Harisu, released on July 25, 2006. The music is similar in style to her previous album, and it again features the rapping skills of Micky Jung, Harisu's then boyfriend, now husband.

Summer (Tohoshinki EP)

"Summer: Summer Dream / Song for You / Love in the Ice" is Tohoshinki's 12th Japanese single. It was released on August 1, 2007 and debuted at #1 on the Oricon Daily Charts, ending as #2 overall for the week. It was TVXQ's first single in Japan to reach this position on the daily charts and was considered a milestone for the Korean boyband's rising popularity in Japan. With the success of the single, TVXQ won the Gold Artist Award in Best Hits 2007 Japan on November 26.

Summer (Summer Watson album)

Summer is an album released by British opera soprano Summer Watson in 2003. It reached #2 on the UK classical chart.

Summer (Jon Foreman EP)

Summer is the fourth and final installment in a comprehensive 4-EP acoustic collection released by Jon Foreman, the lead singer/songwriter of the San Diego rock band Switchfoot.

The EP was released on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 to iTunes and other online outlets. In an April 14, 2008 MySpace blog entry, Foreman announced the track listing for Summer.

Originally, the EP was scheduled for release on June 10, but was changed to May 27. Eventually, however, the digital EP was moved back to its original release date of June 10. The digital EP peaked at No. 9 on the overall iTunes albums chart, and No. 2 on the Rock albums chart. It debuted and peaked on the Billboard 200 at No. 162. The Spring and Summer Combo pack was released on June 24 to regular outlets.

Summer (given name)

Summer is an English feminine given name of recent coinage derived from the word for the season of summer, the warmest season of the year and a time people generally associate with carefree and fun activities. It's been in common use as a name since at least 1970 in English-speaking countries. Summer, along with other seasonal and nature names, came into fashion as part of the 1960s and 70s counterculture.

The name was the 30th most common name given to girls born in England and Wales in 2011, was the 36th most popular name given to girls born in Scotland in 2011 and the 82nd most popular name for girls born in Northern Ireland in 2011. It was among the 10 most popular names given to baby girls born in 2008 in the Isle of Man. It also ranked as the 40th most popular name for baby girls born in New South Wales, Australia in 2011 and the 51st most popular name for girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2011. It was the 173rd most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2011. It has ranked among the top 300 names for girls in the United States since 1970 and was the 648th most common name for girls and women in the United States in the 1990 census.

Notable people with the given name include:

  • Summer (singer)
  • Summer Altice, model
  • Summer Bartholomew, winner of the 1975 Miss USA pageant
  • Summer Glau, actress
  • Summer Lochowicz, volleyball player
  • Summer Rae, current WWE Diva
  • Summer Sanders, swimmer and sports commentator
  • Summer Strallen, actress and musical theatre performer
  • Summer Watson, opera singer

Fictional characters:

  • Summer Gleeson, from Batman: The Animated Series
  • Summer Hoyland, from Neighbours
  • Summer Moran, from Dirk Pitt
  • Summer Quinn, from Baywatch
  • Summer Roberts, from The O.C.
  • Summer Shaw, from Hollyoaks
  • Summer Wheatley, from Napoleon Dynamite
  • Summer Hathaway, a character in School of Rock
  • Summer Hartley, from Definitely, Maybe
  • Summer Finn, from (500) Days of Summer
  • Summer, one of the characters from the Diva Starz toy line
  • Summer Newman, a character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • Summer Hugglemonster, from the Disney Junior TV series Henry Hugglemonster
Summer (2008 film)

Summer is a 2008 film directed by Kenneth Glenaan and starring Robert Carlyle and Rachael Blake. It tells the story of a lively and wayward spirit coming to terms with the realities of age and death. Shaun (Carlyle) has to confront past demons as his first love re-appears and his best friend, Daz, is terminally ill. The film is set mainly in Shaun's present day life but he also reflects on his childhood in flashbacks.

Summer (Shy Child song)

Summer is a 2007 single by New York synthpop band Shy Child.

Summer (War song)

"Summer" is a song by the band War, released as a single from their greatest hits album in 1976. "Summer" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, number four on the R&B chart. The track peaked at number one on the Easy Listening chart and was one of three entries to make the chart.

Summer (2011 film)

Summer is a 2011 Chilean drama film written and directed by José Luis Torres Leiva.

Summer (surname)

Summer is a surname, and it may refer to:

  • Cree Summer (born 1969), Canadian-American actress
  • Donna Summer (1948-2012), American singer and songwriter
  • Edward Summer, American artist, filmmaker and writer
  • India Summer (born 1975), American pornographic actress
  • Mark Summer, American jazz cellist
Summer (Calvin Harris song)

"Summer" is a song by Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris, released on 14 March 2014 as the second single from his fourth studio album, Motion (2014). Like his previous hit " Feel So Close", Harris returns as a vocalist on "Summer". The accompanying music video was directed by Emil Nava and premiered on 6 April 2014.

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Harris's sixth UK number-one single. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his second top ten hit as a lead artist and third overall, and had sold over a million copies in the United States as of July 2014, "Summer" has received nominations for British Single and British Artist Video of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards.

Summer (Cassadee Pope song)

"Summer" is a song co-written and recorded by American recording artist Cassadee Pope for her second extended play, also titled Summer (2016). Pope wrote the song with Kelly Archer and Emily Shackelton. Production was handled by Corey Crowder, who also produced Pope's chart-topping collaboration with Chris Young that year, " Think of You". It serves as the EP's lead single.

The song was made available to American country radio stations on May 23, 2016 via PlayMPE and was officially sent for adds through Republic Nashville on June 6, 2016. It was released to digital retailers June 3, 2016 as part of the Summer EP.

Summer (Cassadee Pope EP)

Summer is the second extended play recorded by American singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope, released through Republic Nashville on June 3, 2016. It serves as a prelude to her forthcoming second studio album and follow-up to 2013's chart-topping Frame by Frame. The title track was released as the EP's lead single on the same day and has since reached 55 on Country Airplay.

Upon release, the EP debuted at No. 164 on the Billboard 200, but bowed at number 14 on the Top Country Albums sales chart, with 3,800 copies sold in its first week.

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Usage examples of "summer".

It flowers from early in Spring until Autumn, and has, particularly in Summer, an acrid bitter taste.

Looking at it rising across the valley, the straight high walls and towers adazzle in the blinding light, it seemed less a city than an enormous jewel: a monstrous ornament carved of whitest ivory and nestled against the black surrounding mountains, or a colossal milk-coloured moonstone set upon the dusty green of the valley to shimmer gently in the heat haze of a blistering summer day.

He and Margaret had closed the diner for a week each summer to take Addle on a family vacation.

I cannot contravene the order of knights errant, about whom I know it is true, not having read anything to the contrary, that they never paid for their lodging or anything else in any inn where they stayed, because whatever welcome they receive is owed to them as their right and privi-lege in return for the unbearable hardships they suffer as they seek adventures by night and by day, in winter and in summer, on foot and on horseback, suffering thirst and hunger, heat and cold, and exposed to all the inclemencies of heaven and all the discomforts on earth.

One of those sudden storms of summer had blown up from the sea, and Peggy knew enough of Long Island weather to know that these disturbances were usually accompanied by terrific winds--squalls and gusts that no aeroplane yet built or thought of could hope to cope with.

Bees wandered among the heliotrope and verbena and pots of sapphire agapanthus, and even that shady place felt the hot breath of the summer noon.

Nicolay was away a good deal that summer, in the mountains, trying to rid himself of ague, and John Hay was with Lincoln more than ever.

A club for those media execs who were at the second summer of love, a pretty high-class place for those who want to knock back guarana alcopops and go at it like knives.

When he had attended the marriage of Alette, he had travelled abroad, but would, in the course of the summer, return to Semb, where he would settle down, in order to live for the beloved relative whom he had again discovered.

Every year at the beginning of summer, Nilus mysteriously rose, broke its banks and spread a coat of thick, black mud replete with nutrition over the fields of that strange kingdom, seven hundred miles long but only four or five miles wide except for the anabranch valley of Ta-she and Lake Moeris, and the Delta.

Radado formed the western end of a great ancipital migratory route which stretched across the whole of Campannlat, the ultima Thule to which the creatures came in the summer of every Great Year, to go about their unfathomable rituals, or simply to squat motionless, staring across the Cadmer Straits towards Hespagorat, towards a destination unknown to other life forms.

Last summer there was one boy who was fourteen who came in with aplastic anemia, which is a bone-marrow disease.

I swallowed the warmth of a summer day, and then breathed out through my open mouth, tasting apricots and friendship as I held the flask out to him.

In the previous summer King Philip had gone into Aragon to preside over the Cortes, and Vasquez, who had gone with him, had seized the opportunity to examine the ensign Enriquez, who had, meanwhile, denounced himself of complicity in the murder of Escovedo.

Suriya was ready to send Aris and Pir out to collect the early summer herbs in the fields far from the city, Gird had decided that the two should live away from the palace, in or near their granges.