SPRINGTIME | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of springtime in English

(Definition of springtime from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of springtime

springtime
Pollens in the atmosphere, representing allergens, become pervasive during the springtime and early summer and are known to cause hay fever.
One day, despite it being springtime, a heavy snow fell, which seemed oddly out of place.
During the springtime peak in production, the facility can hatch and ship up to 100 000 young birds per week.
The sprouting grasses and budding woods recall the miracle of nature's springtime.
Cattle are often moved out to pasture in springtime and are re-housed in the autumn.
The meteorological instability of springtime corresponds to spiritual inconstancy and the excessive temptations the new converts have been exposed to.
If we do it in the springtime, we give all householders an opportunity to stock up with solid fuel, as far as they are able.
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What a word to use about these young men, as if they were already dead in the springtime of their lives!
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It is in the springtime, and it is the kind of holiday which lives in the memory of people as old as myself.
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I think it could be foreseen that if you cut a hedge in springtime you are liable to destroy nests.
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Such payments could be for anything: summertime payments, springtime payments, or payments for those aged 77 precisely.
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There is little doubt that historians will compare 1989 with 1848, and that it will be seen as the springtime of nations.
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The hay was fed to sheep and cattle in the springtime to increase lactation and generally keep the animals healthy throughout the winter.
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In other words, the so-called springtime of nations would rapidly turn into a silent spring.
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I should say that for some reason aggression nearly always happens in the springtime.
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Translations of springtime

in Chinese (Traditional)
春季…
in Chinese (Simplified)
春季…
in Spanish
primavera…
in Portuguese
primavera…
in more languages
in French
in Turkish
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
printemps…
ilkbahar mevsimi…
lentetijd…
jaro…
forårstid…
musim semi…
ฤดูใบไม้ผลิ…
thời kì mùa xuân…
wiosna…
vår…
musim bunga…
das Frühjahr…
våren…
весіння пора…
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