late spring

collocation in English

meaningsoflateandspring

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late
adjective
adverb
uk
/leɪt/us
/leɪt/
(happening or being) near the end of a period ...
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spring
noun
uk
/sprɪŋ/us
/sprɪŋ/
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 ...
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(Definition oflateandspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In these circumstances, communities faced the challenge of finding food bylatespringor early summer.
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Two separate revolts took place during the classic period of protest,latespringand summer.
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These visits were supplemented with telephone interviews in thelatespringof each year.
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It was concluded that mid tolatespringwas an optimal time for a deliberate release.
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Presumably these ' ' infections were acquired two or three months earlier during thelatespring\\summer transmission peak.
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You have the abnormallylatespring.
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He is thankful for alatespring.
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Signature of the agreement is likely in thelatespring.
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The research is expected to be completed bylatespring.
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It will probably be aroundlatespringnext year.
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That was despite the cold andlatespringof 1969.
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It will be completed in thelatespring.
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The disease cannot spread any further until thelatespring.
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Conditional dormancy is induced inlatespring/summer, and then during the second late autumn/winter period after dispersal seeds again become non-dormant.
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Three indicators were derived from this coding: one from early fall interaction, one from midyear interaction, and one fromlatespringinteraction.
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Rubella may be less likely to occur and cause damage to fetuses inlatespringand early summer than at other times of the year.
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However, species included in their study were annual and perennial herbs in which seeds are released mainly duringlatespringand summer.
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In temperate regions, favourable temperature conditions for germination occur no earlier thanlatespring, when the water level usually decreases in wetlands.
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The most vulnerable period is assumed to be during the most productive season, that is,latespring/summer, which also corresponds to the most frequent sailing period.
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I saw that price paid for hay in thelatespringin 1952.
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I hope to be able to visit the estates inlatespringor early summer.
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I hope that this document will be available in thelatespringof 1969.
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