upswing

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ swing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌpˈswɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

upswing (plural upswings)

1. An upward swing.
2. (by extension) An upward trend or an increase in activity.

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

   • 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:

     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.

Antonyms

• downswing

Verb

upswing (third-person singular simple present upswings, present participle upswinging, simple past and past participle upswung)

1. To swing upward.

Anagrams

• upwings