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spring

 
/sprɪŋ/ n [C/U] (SEASON)

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› the season of the year between winter and summer, lasting from March to June north of the equator and from September to December south of the equator, when the weather becomes warmer and leaves and plants start to grow again: [C] last/this/next spring [U] It was a beautiful spring day.
(Definition of spring n (SEASON) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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