Weather / B2

mon-SOON/mɒnˈsuːn/

A monsoon is a seasonal wind in South Asia, or the heavy rains it brings: date the monsoon; monsoon rainfall. Rainy season is everyday; a thunderstorm is one event. Date it in the case study. Mix-up: month is a calendar unit (already in the dictionary); monsoon vs typhoon (a storm). Do not write monsoon for a British August shower.

Meaning

A seasonal wind in South Asia, or the heavy rains it brings.

Examples

• “Date the monsoon in the case study, not a single thunderstorm.”
• “A failed monsoon featured in the food-security unit, which is the rains sense.”

Good to know

the monsoon; monsoon rains / wind. Everyday: rainy season. Trap: month / typhoon. Geography and news. Seasonal wind and rains, not one UK shower.

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