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springtime

springtime

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The season when plants start to grow and the weather gets warmer
  • noun
  • /ˈsprɪŋtaɪm/
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  • By springtime, we will finish our work, and there will be peace in Bosnia.

Oh, Easter, Springtime or Black History Month.

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Examples

  • All right, it is springtime in Michigan.

  • Paris was not friendly to Americans in the soft springtime of 1922.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • So I just encourage you to get creative in the springtime, do some fun different things.

  • Hey guys, so spring is in the air and I wanted to do a springtime get ready with me.

  • The springtime is the most beautiful in Italy.

  • Her touch is nice, and we stand close together on this crystal springtime evening.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • We should be in a small house in the woods in springtime.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I can smell flowers in the air, almost like springtime in Taconic Hills.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Yet traveling outside Kiev in the springtime, I saw a rich green land that seemed almost virgin.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In springtime, the flowers bloom and the trees regain their leaves.

Synonyms

spring
vsspringtime
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The season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow

is the same but highlights the period of the year aspect

Antonyms

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A season with the coldest weather between autumn and spring

How Warm

summer
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springtime
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winter
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Surface Forms

springtime singular
springtimes plural

Morphology

springtime = spring + time (transparent) = spring + time

A direct compound 'spring' + 'time' meaning 'the time/season of spring', which is immediately clear to learners who know both words.

Etymology

Springtime is made of spring and time, and spring originally meant 'to jump' or 'to rise'. So springtime is the 'time' when plants and animals seem to 'jump' back to life after winter, which is why we think of new leaves and flowers then.