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Springfield

[ spring-feeld ]

noun

  1. a city in S Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River.
  2. a city in SW Missouri.
  3. a city in and the capital of Illinois, in the central part.
  4. a city in W Ohio.
  5. a city in W Oregon.
  6. a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
  7. a town in N Tennessee.
  8. a town in SE Vermont.


Springfield

/ ˈsprɪŋˌfiːld /

noun

  1. a city in S Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River: the site of the US arsenal and armoury (1794–1968), which developed the Springfield and Garand rifles. Pop: 152 157 (2003 est)
  2. a city in SW Missouri. Pop: 150 867 (2003 est)
  3. a city in central Illinois, capital of the state: the home and burial place of Abraham Lincoln. Pop: 113 586 (2003 est)


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Example Sentences

On this trip, he and his players never left their Springfield hotel.

Coaches knew their games could be lost even after arriving in Springfield.

Hearing rumors that pro-Southern elements in his own state were threatening to join the Confederacy, Douglas returned home to deliver what would become known as his “Protect the Flag” speech at the State House in Springfield.

Her kindergarten through fifth grade students are part of the Springfield public school system.

Congratulations to Bill Neagle of Springfield, Missouri, winner of last week’s Riddler Classic.

In 1998, Osher served on an expert panel after a shooting at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon.

The Urban League of Springfield in Massachusetts received $5,000.

They spent their “honeymoon” at the Globe Tavern in Springfield.

Much of the Springfield goodwill between the two now seems like a thing of the past.

Born in Detroit, she moved around as a kid, before settling in Springfield, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C.

Manufacture of the motorcycle upon a commercial scale forthwith commenced in the bicycle manufactory at Springfield, Mass.

He reached Springfield in safety and there joined a wagon train en route for Rolla, guarded by a detachment of fifty cavalry.

Up around Springfield, seventy-five miles away, and Schofield's orders are to hold this position at all hazards.

Three days later I got a report on the water from a chemist in Springfield; it was pure.

Some miles out of Springfield the train stopped at a small station.

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