Meanings
present singular third person springs to life · participle present springing to life · past sprang to life · past sprung to life · participle past sprung to life
- idiomaticTo start to exist.
Sometimes the ideas spring to life fully formed.
1 more example
Just after the half-hour mark, the contest sprung to life with a frantic passage of play, Lampard's first-time ball releasing Drogba, whose slight hesitation allowed Gael Givet to produce a brilliant saving tackle.
2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Basque jaio
- jaiostart to exist
Bulgarian появявам се
- появявам се (pojavjavam se)start to exist
Danish springe
- springestart to exist
Dutch ontspringen, ontspruiten
- ontspringenstart to exist
- ontspruitenstart to exist
- ontstaanstart to exist
Finnish nousta, syntyä
- noustastart to exist
- syntyästart to exist
French naître
- naîtrestart to exist
German entspringen
- entspringenstart to exist
Greek ξεπροβάλλω, ξεφυτρώνω
- ξεπροβάλλω (xeprovállo)start to exist
- ξεφυτρώνω (xefytróno)start to exist
Italian nascere, generarsi
- nascerestart to exist
- generarsistart to exist
- formarsistart to exist
Japanese 跳ね上がる, 跳ねる
- 跳ね上がる (hane-agaru)start to exist
- 跳ねる (haneru)start to exist
Portuguese nascer
- nascerstart to exist
Russian возника́ть, брать нача́ло
- возника́ть (voznikátʹ)start to exist
- брать нача́ло (bratʹ načálo)start to exist
Spanish nacer
- nacerstart to exist
Turkish ortaya çıkıvermek, belirivermek
- ortaya çıkıvermekstart to exist
- belirivermekstart to exist
Cite this entry
spring to life. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20to%20life
“spring to life.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20to%20life. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spring to life,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spring%20to%20life.
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