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RAINY SEASON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the two seasons in tropical climates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("rainy season" is a kind of...):
season; time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rainy season"):
monsoon (rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains)
Antonym:
dry season (one of the two seasons in tropical climates)