How to pronounce spring
American English pronunciation
SPRING
- IPA
- /ˈspɹɪŋ/
- Syllables
- SPRING (1 syllable)
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What spring means
Most people know spring in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A place where water flows up out of the ground
In a sentence: The hikers filled their bottles with cool water from a spring in the rocks.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word meaning to leap or burst out, just as the water bursts up from the ground.
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