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# midsummer

noun (midsummer — uncountable); adjective (midsummer)

«midsummer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Midsummer is the middle of summer, around the longest day of the year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#m1)
2. Midsummer Day or Midsummer's Eve is a traditional festival at that time, especially in northern Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, the summer solstice has the most daylight. In literature, «A Midsummer Night's Dream» is a play with fairies. In Sweden people dance round a maypole at Midsummer; in Australia and NZ midsummer falls around Christmas.

### Examples

- At midsummer it stays light until very late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#x1)
- We had a picnic on midsummer's evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#x2)
- In Sweden people dance at Midsummer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#x3)
- In Australia midsummer comes around Christmas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#x4)
- Stonehenge lines up with the sunrise at midsummer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#x5)
- The fairies came out on Midsummer's Eve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#x6)
- The spring passed, and it was the eve of St. John, or Midsummer Day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: midwinter. The longest day is in different months in the northern and southern hemispheres.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «midsummer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midsummer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«midsummer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/midsummer.html) on Mova free.