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spring
noun [C or U] (SEASON) /sprɪŋ/Definition
A2 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, leaves and plants start to grow again and flowers appear: Many bulbs bloom in (the) spring. Janet's coming over for a couple of weeks next spring. It's been a very wet spring. a spring day/morning spring flowers/weatherThe seasons
(Definition of spring noun (SEASON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- autumn noun
- autumnal adjective
- clock noun (TIME)
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- in the dead of night/winter idiom
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