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Definition harvest in American English

harvest noun

noun
/ˈhɑrvəst/
1

the activity of collecting a crop

Example

the corn/potato/grape harvest

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1.1

the time when a crop is collected

Example

It was harvest time.

Example

a field that had been plowed up after the harvest

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1.2

the amount of a crop that is collected

Example

There will be a bumper (=very large) harvest this year.

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2

the result of something that was done in the past

Example

The grim harvest of these cuts was an increase in preventable diseases.

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3

something that has been collected

Example

a rich harvest of knowledge

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Definition harvest in American English