SOCIAL SEASON Synonyms

• an event that occurs at a critical time

• a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the time of a particular event

• an opportunity to do something

• give occasion to

• an amount of time

• the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

• (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

• a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

• the end or completion of something

• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

• any distinct time period in a sequence of events

• (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

• a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

• (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)

• arrange in phases or stages

• adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition

• a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

• one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions

• a recurrent time marked by major holidays

• lend flavor to

• make healthy

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

• a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

• a verbal formula believed to have magical force

• orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

• indicate or signify

• write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)

• relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn

• place under a spell

• take turns working

• an instance or single occasion for some event

• a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something

• an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)

• a suitable moment

• the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

• a person's experience on a particular occasion

• a reading of a point in time as given by a clock

• the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

• rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

• the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

• measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

• assign a time for an activity or event

• set the speed, duration, or execution of

• regulate or set the time of

• adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time