springUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsprɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sprɪŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(spring)
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spring
Spring is the season between winter and summer. If you want to say that something happens every year during this season, you say that it happens in spring or in the spring. In spring birds nest here. Their garden is full of flowers in the spring. Be careful Don't say that something happens ‘in the springs’ or ‘in springs’. 'spring' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "spring" in the title: ... then following the spring northward into the Alps. - English Only forum
"...in the spring of twenty-two" from Great Gatsby - English Only forum ...mid-spring corresponds to the second month and late spring is the third month. - English Only forum (the) Spring Festival - English Only forum a dancer's spring - English Only forum A farmer must be up and doing in spring if he would reap in harvest - English Only forum a hitched spring - English Only forum A mountain which is like in spring all year round - English Only forum A Question about Rachel Carson's Silent Spring - English Only forum a spring of human-heartedness - English Only forum a spring silkworm cease spinning its cocoon - English Only forum A spring wreath isn't/doesn't worth much money. - English Only forum a switche’s spring - English Only forum A well house for a large spring - English Only forum a windup toy waiting for the spring to tighten - English Only forum above the bottom spring - English Only forum AE for full of the joys of spring - English Only forum all spring, the mother duck sat on her eggs waiting for them to hatch. - English Only forum an early spring - English Only forum An English spring - English Only forum And pretty soon he was blocking the early spring sun ... - English Only forum <At> <on> <in> the spring (stream) - English Only forum bathtub of/at Spring Hotel. - English Only forum be bright as spring - English Only forum be like a coiled spring - English Only forum blocking the early spring sun": - English Only forum boreholes, springs, well spring - English Only forum bounce or spring up out of the water - English Only forum Box spring vs spring box - English Only forum brakes grab and spring terribly - English Only forum more...
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