shape-up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sheyp uhp]
- /ʃeɪp ʌp/
- /ʃeɪp ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheyp uhp]
- /ʃeɪp ʌp/

Definitions of shape-up word

noun shape-up an act or instance of shaping up. 1
noun shape-up a former method of hiring longshoremen in which the applicants appeared daily at the docks and a union hiring boss chose those who would be given work. 1

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Origin of shape-up

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45; noun use of verb phrase shape up

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Parts of speech for Shape-up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shape-up

shape-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.