(especially BrE) (AmE usually fall) noun [U,C] the season of the year between summer and winter, when leaves change colour and the weather becomes colder:
in the autumn of 1995 * in early / late autumn * the autumn term (= for example at a school or college in Britain) * autumn colours / leaves * It's been a very mild autumn this year.
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