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au·tumn
 (ô  t  m)
KEY
NOUN:
- The season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and from September to December in the Northern Hemisphere; fall.
- A period of maturity verging on decline.
ADJECTIVE:
- Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of autumn:
autumn foliage; autumn harvests.
- Grown during the season of autumn:
autumn crops.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English autumpne, from Old French autompne, from Latin autumnus
OTHER FORMS:
au·tumnal
(ô-t  m n l)
KEY
(Adjective),
au·tumnal·ly
(Adverb)
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