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springtime

[ spring-tahym ]

/ ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm /

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noun

the season of spring.

the first or earliest period: the springtime of love.

Also called spring·tide

[spring-tahyd] /ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪd/.

Origin of springtime

First recorded in 1485–95; spring + time

Words nearby springtime

springlock, springs, springsteen, springsteen, bruce, springtail, springtime, springville, springwood, springy, sprinkle, sprinkler

Example sentences from the Web for springtime

Obama started his springtime trip in the Netherlands, where he visited The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice.

Will Saudi Arabia Execute Guest Workers for 'Witchcraft'? |Michael Schulson |March 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The current election season should be springtime for Democrats in Kentucky.

Ashley Judd Smear Helps Mitch McConnell as Kentucky Dems Botch Reply |Jonathan Miller |April 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Indeed, Prada has become a vociferous advocate for springtime fur-wearing.

Louis Vuitton, Chanel, McQueen Cap Paris Spring 2013 Fashion Week Shows |Robin Givhan |October 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In Emilia Romagna, important churches and clock towers damaged in a series of springtime earthquakes will never be repaired.

Italy’s Culture Falling to Ruins Amid Austerity Cuts |Barbie Latza Nadeau |September 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

And this springtime was always going to deliver the worst of them.

Britain's Other Marriage |Peter Hoskin |May 4, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Life can offer worse fates than to be in love in the springtime, under Seville's flowering trees.

Heroic Spain |Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
Springtime had come, with its time of blossom, and the air was fragrant.

The Forged Note |Oscar Micheaux
Of course, in the springtime, the atmosphere is much more moist than later in the season.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting |Northern Nut Growers Association
In springtime it shoots forth calumnies instead of buds and in autumn it strews the ground with bucklers in place of leaves.

The Birds |Aristophanes
Consider the springtime; if it makes haste, it is done for; that is to say, it gets frozen.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for springtime

springtime

/ (ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm) /

noun

Also called: springtide (ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪd) the season of spring

the earliest, usually the most attractive, period of the existence of something