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in season
Available and ready for eating, or other use; also, legal for hunting or fishing. For example, Strawberries are now in season , or Let me know when trout are in season and I'll go fishing with you . Both usages date from the 1300s, as does the antonym out of season , used for “inopportunely,” “unavailable,” and also for “not in fashion.” For example, Sorry, oysters are out of season this month , or This style used to be very popular, but it's been out of season for several years .
At the right time, opportunely, as in “The two young men desired to get back again in good season” (Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit , 1844).
Example Sentences
Every SVL win is big at this point in season.
Long rows of candy floss-coloured cherry blossoms are in season in Harrogate, with the short-lived natural phenomenon creating a vivid tourist destination.
Linda, who earned a reputation among fans for her scheming ways, was the daughter-in-law of star Michele Lee’s Karen Fairgate and was brutally murdered in Season 13.
As with the chateau in Season 1, Castello Rosato is not a Vanderpump property.
That veracity is frighteningly exemplified by Taylor’s blowup in Season 2’s second episode.
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