upping
/ˈʌpɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
present participle and gerund of up
Example Sentences
- "He announced, I believe, that it was far better, instead of making uniform uppings of all allowances, to provide for cases where need arose. I have not before me to-night figures as to dependents' allowances paid in other places."
- "Yes; I personally believe that we can meet it if we are willing to bear down hard enough and make quickly enough a set of decisions that will lead toward sharp uppings of our production."