Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upspeed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-speed
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The helmsman stood beside the helm, / The flesh from off him fell; / And in his stead there was upsped / A grisly Death from Hell."
"2011, Toby Sauer, Kevin Wallace, CCNP Voice CVoice 642-437 Quick Reference In dial peer 1, any calls to an extension 2000 thru 2009 that are answered by a modem will use modem relay using Named Signaling Events (NSE) to upspeed the codec to G.711ulaw if modem relay fails to negotiate."

Etymology

up- + speed

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

upspeeds (present, singular) upspeeding (participle, present) upsped (participle, past) upsped (past) upspeeded (participle, past) upspeeded (past)

Questions

What does upspeed mean?: To speed up.
Where does upspeed come from?: up- + speed

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