{
    "term": "spring",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/sp/spring.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the season between winter and summer when plants begin to grow",
            "sensetop": "in (the) spring",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The following spring, the three artists travelled to California."
                },
                {
                    "text": "flowers that bloom in (the) spring",
                    "contextForm": "in (the) spring"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The birds arrive in late spring and leave again in early autumn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was born in the spring of 1944."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spring came early that year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a feeling of spring in the air today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "spring flowers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The students spend the whole spring term on teaching practice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a delicious recipe for spring lamb"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a perfect spring day"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the party's spring conference"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to plant spring bulbs"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["last", "this past", "the following"],
                "spring + noun": ["weather", "sun", "sunlight"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place where water comes naturally to the surface from under the ground",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a mountain spring"
                },
                {
                    "text": "mineral/thermal springs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area is noted for its **hot springs** and geysers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "deliciously cool spring water"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hot", "thermal", "bubbling"],
                "spring + verb": ["bubble"],
                "spring + noun": ["water"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a twisted piece of wire that can be pushed, pressed or pulled but which always returns to its original shape or position afterwards",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "bed springs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The springs in the sofa have gone *(= they no longer return to their original position)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's full of energy, like a coiled spring."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the springs have gone in the old sofa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children broke some springs jumping on the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a box-spring mattress"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["coiled", "box"],
                "verb + spring": ["break"],
                "spring + verb": ["break", "go"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the ability of a spring to return to its original position",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The mattress has lost its spring."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a cheerful, lively quality",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She walked along **with a spring in her step**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a quick sudden jump upwards or forwards",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "With a spring, the cat leapt on to the table."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very cheerful",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sprɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spring/spring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sprɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spring/spring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English spring (noun), springan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German springen. Early use in the senses ‘head of a well’ and ‘rush out in a stream’ gave rise to the figurative use ‘originate’."
}