upsurge

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noun

A sudden strong rise or flow.

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Meanings

nounupsurge (plural upsurges)

plural upsurges

  1. A sudden strong rise or flow.

    Our South Wales correspondent expects the current upsurge of coal traffic in South Wales to swell BR tonnage in the area by 20 per cent this year compared with 1963 carryings.

    1964 March, “News and Comment: More block trains in South Wales”, in Modern Railways, page 152
verbupsurge (third-person singular simple present upsurges, present participle upsurging, simple past and past participle upsurged)

present singular third person upsurges · participle present upsurging · participle past upsurged · past upsurged

  1. intransitiveto surge up, or to become stronger or greater

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna sudden forceful flow

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rushspatesurge
Broader
flowflowing

nouna sudden or abrupt strong increase

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surge
Broader
increasestep-up
Also see
crescendorushspatesurge

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From up- + surge.

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Cite this entry
APA

upsurge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsurge

MLA

“upsurge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsurge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upsurge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upsurge.

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