MONSOON
\mənsˈuːn], \mənsˈuːn], \m_ə_n_s_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of MONSOON
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a seasonal wind in S Asia; blows from the SW (bringing rain) in summer and from the NE in winter
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any wind that changes direction with the seasons
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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any wind that changes direction with the seasons
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a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
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rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains
By Princeton University
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A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.
By Oddity Software
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A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.
By Noah Webster.
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A wind in the Indian Ocean blowing from the southwest from April to October, and from the northeast during the other part of the year; the rainy season that accompanies the former.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A periodical wind of the Indian Ocean, which blows from the S.W. from April to October, and from the N.E. the rest of the year: similar winds elsewhere.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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