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step-up

step-up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [step uhp]
    • /stɛp ʌp/
    • /step ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [step uhp]
    • /stɛp ʌp/

Definitions of step-up word

  • adjective step-up effecting an increase. 1
  • adjective step-up Electricity. serving to increase voltage: a step-up transformer. 1
  • adjective step-up (of a lease) allowing for gradual rent increases to the highest amount permissible. 1
  • noun step-up an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of something. 1
See all 4 definitions of step-up

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Origin of step-up

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; adj., noun use of verb phrase step up

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Step-up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Step-up

step-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for step-up

noun step-up

  • hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • intensification — to make intense or more intense.
  • leg up — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
  • maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
All 13 Synonyms of step-up

Antonyms for step-up

noun step-up

  • compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
Just one Antonym for step-up

Top questions with step-up

  • what is a step-up transformer?

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