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springing

American  
[spring-ing] / ˈsprɪŋ ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or process of a person or thing that springs.

  2. the mechanical springs or the type or arrangement of springs with which any of various devices are equipped, especially a vehicle.

  3. Architecture. spring.


springing British  
/ ˈsprɪŋɪŋ /

noun

  1. Also called: spring.   springing line.   springing point.  the level where an arch or vault rises from a support

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • springingly adverb
  • unspringing adjective

Etymology

Origin of springing

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; spring, -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Nvidia and Apple are two very different companies with one problem in common: Both have a hard time springing any surprises.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then he took out after Glenn, springing like a panther across the yard.

From Literature

New data centres are springing up worldwide as demand soars for artificial intelligence and cloud computing, with Asia one of the sector's fastest growing regions.

From Barron's

If—against all odds—he succeeded in springing this champion of human freedom from prison, would anyone say it wasn’t worth a Nobel?

From The Wall Street Journal

It seems that, every day, a different industry is hammered in the stock market over fears springing from the adoption of generative-artificial-intelligence technology.

From MarketWatch