spring training
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- noun
- /sprɪŋ ˈtreɪnɪŋ/
- US
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pretemporada
- Florida Southern usually plays the Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles in spring training games.
I trained my ass off, went to spring training in in Portugal with sporting, ended up making the team staying there.
- I trained my ass off, went to spring training in in Portugal with sporting, ended up making the team staying there.
- After my freshman year, my freshman year spring training, we did spring ball.
- But eight years ago, I did fly to Ohio State during their spring spring training camp and have Urban Myron.
Examples
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The team has scheduled several exhibition games during spring training to evaluate the new players.
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Getting released three days before Spring Training ends is just about the worst possible time.
Blog text (22) -
If you are going into the manager's office, especially during Spring Training, then something is wrong.
Blog text (22) -
Spring training begins in two weeks.
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Fujikawa got a tour of Chase Field and the spring training facilities on Thursday.
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Konerko is expected to make a full recovery by the beginning of spring training.
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For many years, Florida has been the site of spring-training camps for major-league baseball teams.
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Every year, the players look forward to spring training, as it marks the start of a new baseball season.
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As the major league teams prepare, fans eagerly anticipate the excitement of spring training in Florida and Arizona.
Synonyms
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A time before the official sports season for practice and training
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'preseason practice in the spring' is directly and compositionally derived from 'spring' (the season) + 'training' (practice), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. Although it has a cultural association with baseball, the literal combination makes the sense transparent and easily comprehensible.
Etymology
Spring training began as a simple idea: teams would go to warm places in spring to do their training before the regular season. So today spring training means 'preseason practice' where players get ready for the games.