Meaning & use

harvest

noun·Everyday

The gathering of ripe crops, or the amount of crops gathered in a season.

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Farmers worked long hours to bring in the wheat harvest before the rain.

This year's apple harvest was smaller than usual because of the drought.

A note on using this word

"Harvest" also works as a verb meaning to gather crops, and figuratively to collect data or results.

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To gather a crop, or to collect something valuable that has accumulated over time.

The company quietly harvests user data to improve its recommendations.

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