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nounspring break (countable and uncountable, plural spring breaks)
plural spring breaks
- countableuncountableA time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring.
“We are on the edge of an AI surge that will make the dotcom boom look like spring break,” says Boris Feldman, co-head of Freshfield's global tech practice, who advises multiple “magnificent seven” tech companies.
2024 July 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, Hannah Murphy, Alex Rogers, quoting Boris Feldman, “Has Silicon Valley gone Maga?”, in FT Weekend (Big Read section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6 - broadlycountableuncountableThe week of vacation from school that occurs during the winter-spring semester, which does not necessarily fall within the official season of spring.
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Arabic عُطْلَة الرَّبِيع, إِجَازَة الرَّبِيع
- عُطْلَة الرَّبِيعvacation during the spring
- إِجَازَة الرَّبِيعvacation during the spring
Chinese Mandarin 春假
- 春假 (chūnjià)vacation during the spring
Finnish kevätloma
- kevätlomavacation during the spring
French relâche, relâche scolaire
- relâchevacation during the spring
- relâche scolairevacation during the spring
- semaine de relâchevacation during the spring
Japanese 春休み
- 春休み (haruyasumi)vacation during the spring
Polish przerwa wiosenna
- przerwa wiosennavacation during the spring
Russian весенние кани́кулы
- весенние кани́кулы (vesennije kaníkuly)vacation during the spring
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APA
spring break. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20break
MLA
“spring break.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20break. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spring break,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20break.
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