Definition of monsoons Monsoons
/mɑnsuˈnz/ - [mansunz] -
We found 3 definitions of monsoons from 2 different sources.
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What does monsoons mean?
Wiktionary 
- monsoons (Noun)
Plural of monsoon.
Part of speech
🔤- monsoons, noun, plural of monsoon.
WordNet
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| monsoon - any wind that changes direction with the seasons | ||
| air current, current of air, wind the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" | ||
| monsoon - a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter | ||
| monsoon - rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | ||
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Wiktionary
- monsoon (Noun)
Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season. - monsoon (Noun)
Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions. - monsoon (Noun)
The rains themselves. - monsoon (Noun)
Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- monsoon (n.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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monsoon
A seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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monsoon
a name given to the periodical or trade-winds, which blow regularly in certain latitudes of the Indian ocean. They continue five or six months invariably in one direction, and then alter their course, and blow, during an equal space of time, from a different point of the compass with the same uniformity.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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monsoon
[from the Persian monsum, season]. The periodical winds in certain latitudes of India and the Indian Ocean. They continue five or six months from one direction, and then alter their course, and blow (after the tempestuous tumult of their shifting has subsided) during an equal space of time from an opposite point of the compass, with the same uniformity. They are caused by the unequal heating of land and water, and occur in the tropics, where the "trade" would constantly blow if it were not for the presence of land. (See WINDS.) The south-west monsoon is called by the Arabs khumseen, denoting fifty, as they suppose it to precede the overflowing of the Nile by fifty days. (See KAMSIN.)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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monsoon
A wind blowing half the year in one direction, and the other half in the opposite;--a term applied particularly to certain winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from April to October, and from the northeast the rest of the year. The term is sometimes used to designate similar winds in other parts of the globe.
Wikipedia 
- A monsoon is a seasonal wind which lasts for several months. The word was first used in English in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and neighboring countries to talk about the seasonal winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area. In hydrology, monsoonal rainfall is considered to be that which happens in any region that receives the majority of its rain during a particular season, and so monsoons are referred to in relation to other regions such as in North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil and East Asia.
Part of speech
🔤- monsoon, noun, singular of monsoons.
