Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: autumn
IPA transcription: ['ɔtəm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: fall, autumn
    Meaning: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
Usage examples
  • It was growing late in the autumn.
  • It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day.
  • Sweet smoke of burning twigs hovered in the autumn day
  • Some days passed, and the day of autumn appointments arrived.
  • What would become of us in the autumn after your majesty's death?"
  • He had lost his clerical appearance--he had faded with the autumn leaves.
  • In the same autumn Genji went to the Temple of Sumiyoshi to fulfil his vows.
  • Dwarf Stocks, moreover, are invariably spattered with soil in heavy autumn rain.
  • "How sorry I am! but colds were never so prevalent as they have been this autumn.
  • To look at your airy attire one would imagine that it was summer instead of autumn.