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- [win-ter]
- /ˈwɪn tər/
- /ˈwɪn.tər/
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- [win-ter]
- /ˈwɪn tər/
Definitions of wintered word
- noun wintered the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox). 1
- noun wintered the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain. 1
- noun wintered cold weather: a touch of winter in northern Florida. 1
- noun wintered the colder half of the year (opposed to summer). 1
- noun wintered a whole year as represented by this season: a man of sixty winters. 1
- noun wintered a period like winter, as the last or final period of life; a period of decline, decay, inertia, dreariness, or adversity. 1
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Origin of wintered
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Winter, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun; akin to wet, water
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Parts of speech for Wintered
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wintered popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wintered usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wintered
noun wintered
- seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- chilled — (of a person) feeling cold
- frosted — covered with or having frost.
- ended — Simple past tense and past participle of end.
- closed — A closed group of people does not welcome new people or ideas from outside.
verb wintered
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
Antonyms for wintered
noun wintered
- heated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
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