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seasonal

sea·son·al

seasonal

 
 
pronunciation:
si z nl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition: of, characteristic of, or dependent on the seasons or a season of the year; periodical.
seasonal clothingthe seasonal charm of ChristmasHis work is seasonal.
similar words:
periodic, periodical
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)seasonal locally, strongly
(adj.)seasonal + noun abundance, adjustment, allergy, availability, basis, beer, berry, bloom, bounty, calendar, cap, celebration, change, climate, clock, closure, clothing, component, cooking, creek, crop, cuisine, cycle, delicacy, delight, demand, depression, dish, disorder, display, distribution, drainage, drought, efficiency, employee, employment, exposure, factor, farm, farmer, favorite, festival, fish, fishery, fishing, flavor, flood, flooding, flow, flower, flu, fluctuation, food, forecast, fruit, green, habit, habitat, harvest, holiday, hurricane, ice, influence, ingredient, labor, laborer, menu, migrant, migration, movement, occurrence, offering, outbreak, pasture, pattern, peak, phenomenon, pond, precipitation, produce, rain, rainfall, ranger, ratio, recipe, resident, resort, restriction, rhinitis, rhythm, rite, ritual, route, sales, seafood, selection, shift, specialty, species, stream, summer, swing, temperature, theme, timing, tradition, treat, trend, variation, vegetable, wage, weather, wetland, wildlife, winter, worker [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: seasonally (adv.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word seasonal contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual Latin adjective-forming suffix that means pertaining to
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The suffix -al2, -ial attaches primarily to nouns (national , environmental ) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots (final , capital , comical ) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.