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- [noun uhp-swing; verb uhp-swing]
- /noun ˈʌpˌswɪŋ; verb ʌpˈswɪŋ/
- /ˈʌp.swɪŋ/
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- [noun uhp-swing; verb uhp-swing]
- /noun ˈʌpˌswɪŋ; verb ʌpˈswɪŋ/
Definitions of upswing word
- noun upswing an upward swing or swinging movement, as of a pendulum. 1
- noun upswing a marked increase or improvement: an upswing in stock prices. 1
- verb without object upswing to make or undergo an upswing. 1
- noun upswing upwards swinging movement 1
- noun upswing economic upturn 1
- countable noun upswing An upswing is a sudden improvement in something such as an economy, or an increase in an amount or level. 0
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Origin of upswing
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; up- + swing1
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Parts of speech for Upswing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
upswing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 52% 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.
upswing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for upswing
noun upswing
- aggrandizement — If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves.
- improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
Antonyms for upswing
noun upswing
- downswing — a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
Top questions with upswing
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