Yahoo India Web Search

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    upsurge
    /ˈʌpsəːdʒ/

    noun

    • 1. an upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase: "an upsurge in vandalism and violent crime"

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. People also ask

  3. Upsurge is a noun that means a sudden and usually large increase in something. Learn how to use it in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

    • Simplified

      UPSURGE translate: 急剧上升,猛增. Learn more in the Cambridge...

    • Traditional

      UPSURGE translate: 急劇上升,猛增. Learn more in the Cambridge...

    • Upstart

      UPSTART definition: 1. a person, especially a young one, who...

    • Uptick

      UPTICK definition: 1. an increase in the number or amount of...

  4. Upsurge is a noun that means a rapid or sudden rise. Learn how to use it in a sentence, see synonyms, word history, and examples from recent sources.

  5. Upsurge is a noun that means a sudden, large increase in something. It can also be a verb that means to surge up or rise. See examples, synonyms, pronunciation and grammar of upsurge.

  6. An upsurge is when there's a sudden rise of something's strength or size. Hordes of people walking around your town with cameras might be due to an upsurge in tourism, for example. News shows often announce that there's an upsurge of crime or an upsurge of available jobs in public education.

  7. noun. /ˈʌpsɜːdʒ/ /ˈʌpsɜːrdʒ/ [usually singular] (formal) a sudden large increase in something. upsurge (in something) an upsurge in violent crime. upsurge (of something) a recent upsurge of interest in his movies. Topics Change, cause and effect c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?

  8. a sudden and usually large increase in something: An upsurge of/in violence in the district has been linked to increased unemployment. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Increasing and intensifying. accretion. accumulate. accumulatively. add fuel to the fire idiom. crank. explosive. feed into something phrasal verb. gain.

  9. Upsurge is a verb meaning to surge up or increase, or a noun meaning a large or rapid rise or swell. See examples of upsurge in sentences and its origin and history.