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[ spring-tahym ] / ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR springtime ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe season of spring. the first or earliest period: the springtime of love. Also called spring·tide [spring-tahyd]. /ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪd/. Origin of springtimeFirst recorded in 1485–95; spring + time Words nearby springtimespring snow, Springsteen, Springsteen, Bruce, springtail, spring tide, springtime, spring training, Spring Valley, Springville, springwood, springy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for springtimeObama started his springtime trip in the Netherlands, where he visited The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice. Will Saudi Arabia Execute Guest Workers for 'Witchcraft'?|Michael Schulson|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The current election season should be springtime for Democrats in Kentucky. Ashley Judd Smear Helps Mitch McConnell as Kentucky Dems Botch Reply|Jonathan Miller|April 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Indeed, Prada has become a vociferous advocate for springtime fur-wearing. Louis Vuitton, Chanel, McQueen Cap Paris Spring 2013 Fashion Week Shows|Robin Givhan|October 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST In Emilia Romagna, important churches and clock towers damaged in a series of springtime earthquakes will never be repaired. Italy’s Culture Falling to Ruins Amid Austerity Cuts|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And this springtime was always going to deliver the worst of them. Britain's Other Marriage|Peter Hoskin|May 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST Life can offer worse fates than to be in love in the springtime, under Seville's flowering trees. Heroic Spain|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly Springtime had come, with its time of blossom, and the air was fragrant. The Forged Note|Oscar Micheaux Of course, in the springtime, the atmosphere is much more moist than later in the season. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association In springtime it shoots forth calumnies instead of buds and in autumn it strews the ground with bucklers in place of leaves. Consider the springtime; if it makes haste, it is done for; that is to say, it gets frozen. Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
British Dictionary definitions for springtime
nounAlso called: springtide (ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪd) the season of spring the earliest, usually the most attractive, period of the existence of something Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to springtimeheyday, adolescence, pink, verdure, flower, vitality, prize, zenith, best, spring, top, elite, fat, choice, maturity, peak, flowering, height, bloom, perfection |