upswing

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UK/ˈʌpswɪŋ/

noun

An upward swing.

“Newspapers reported an upswing in the company's sales last month.”

Opposite
downswing
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Meanings

nounupswing (plural upswings)

plural upswings

  1. An upward swing.
  2. broadlyAn upward trend or an increase in activity.

    Newspapers reported an upswing in the company's sales last month.

    1 more example

    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.

    2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Greater Anglia Award for the Best Entry for 2021: Derry”, in RAIL, number 946, page 54
verbupswing (third-person singular simple present upswings, present participle upswinging, simple past and past participle upswung)

present singular third person upswings · participle present upswinging · participle past upswung · past upswung

  1. To swing upward.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
downswing

Origin

From up- + swing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with upswing

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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