Meanings

hunting season

initial stages

early childhood

childhood

weaning period

farming season

water used to moisten the lips of a dying person

next term

ideal time

short-term loan

early diagnosis

short-term bill

dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.)

airborne early-warning system

short term

to extend the term

not to be depended on

to advance the date (of)

sprouting season (of ears of grain)

alluvial period