Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upswing

/ˈʌpswɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: up-swing
IPA: /ˈʌpswɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An upward swing.

noun

An upward trend or an increase in activity.

verb

To swing upward.

Example Sentences

"Newspapers reported an upswing in the company's sales last month."
"Terrorist bombing in the 1970s wrecked this area, […]. Now, more than 30 years on, Translink has been able to capitalise on the upswing in rail use to reconfigure the station as the North West Multimodal Transport Hub."

Etymology

From up- + swing.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈʌpswɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

upswings (plural) upswings (present, singular) upswinging (participle, present) upswung (participle, past) upswung (past)

Frequently Paired Words

sunrun

Antonyms

downswing

Rhymes With

thing bring king spring ring wing sing string swing beijing singh ing

Questions

How do you pronounce upswing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌpswɪŋ/.
What does upswing mean?: An upward swing.
Where does upswing come from?: From up- + swing.

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