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crop up

crop up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [krop uhp]
    • /krɒp ʌp/
    • /krɒp ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [krop uhp]
    • /krɒp ʌp/

Definitions of crop up words

  • phrasal verb crop up If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly. 3
  • verb crop up to occur or appear, esp unexpectedly 3
  • noun crop up the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop. 1
  • noun crop up the yield of such produce for a particular season. 1
  • noun crop up the yield of some other product in a season: the crop of diamonds. 1
  • noun crop up a supply produced. 1

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Origin of crop up

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English: “sprout, ear of wheat (or other grain), paunch, crown of a tree”; cognate with German Kropf; see croup2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Crop up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

crop up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for crop up

verb crop up

  • materialize — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
  • develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
  • show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
  • surface — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.

Antonyms for crop up

verb crop up

  • disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.

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