mid-September

Summer's waning days

Mid-September is the middle portion of September, roughly the 10th through the 20th.

The prefix mid- attached to any month indicates its central third: We're planning a mid-September wedding.

Like other mid-month terms, it's hyphenated.

autumn

foliage

Plant's leafy covering

  • crispFirm and breakable
  • amberHardened ancient tree secretion
  • mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree

chestnuts · acorns · pumpkins · cider · sweater · chilly · bonfire · deciduous · scarf · rustle

academic

back-to-school

Returning to classes

classroom · syllabus · student · textbook · curriculum · semester · assignment · grades · lecture · notebook

equinox

balance

Steadiness or amount owed

astronomy · sunrise · sunset · twilight · dusk · dawn · alignment · equator · latitude · declination

harvest

agriculture

Cultivation of land, livestock

crop · yield · grape harvest · apple picking · cornucopia · gleaning · combine · threshing · winnowing · grain

calendar

pre-fall

Season before autumn

sapphire · Patriot Day · Hispanic Heritage Month · fashion week · UN General Assembly · mid-autumn

Opposites
calendar position

mid-Septembermid-March

Middle of third month

spring equinox · vernal equinox · mid-February · mid-April · mid-August

seasonal association

mid-Septembermid-March

Middle of third month

early spring · spring equinox · mid-July · high summer

Family

September, middle, midway, midst, midpoint, midnight, midday, midterm, midsummer

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