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ˈupsurge
[up- 2.]
1. A sudden rise or increase of feeling.
1928Catholic Times 11 May 11/5 His books are an upsurge of primitive passion. 1944D. Welch Jrnl. 20 June (1973) 123, I remember..saying, ‘That's a wonderful poem,’ and his vital upsurge of agreement. 1958Times 28 June 9/3 There has been a great upsurge of interest in recent years in regal pelargoniums. 1971Times 22 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vii/2 More recently there has been a noisy upsurge of English-Canadian nationalism in Toronto.
2. An uprising, an insurrection.
1930Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 4 Feb. 7/5 The beginnings of a widespread revolutionary upsurge..are visualised in a proclamation issued by the Red International. 1937E. Lyons Assignment in Utopia (1938) ii. ii. 68 The Chinese heritage asserted itself. [Eugene] Chen traveled to the land of his forebears and, without knowing its language, became a leader in the revolutionary upsurge. 1963Ann. Reg. 1962 291 Political machinery for collective leadership to guarantee the revolutionary upsurge.
3. A sharp rise in economic activity, demand, prices, etc.
1935Sun (Baltimore) 22 Apr. 8/2 A sharp upsurge in the postal receipts at Denver. 1955Times 14 July 13/1 It was hardly to be expected that the paint industry could fail to share in the general upsurge of industrial activity over the past 18 months. 1962Listener 7 June 980/2 The speediest possible upsurge in the production of meat and milk. 1974Guardian 25 Jan. 14/1 An upsurge in exports this year has boosted the national output by 6·9 per cent. 1985Times 8 Jan. 17/2 Distillers Co...was another to fail to join the upsurge.
4. A rapid growth in number or size.
1955A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 161 The sudden upsurge..is witnessed precisely by Hakluyt. 1974Sunday Post (Glasgow) 31 Mar. 9/1 In this year of strife there's been an upsurge of Scots wanting to emigrate.
5. lit. A surging upwards.
1969Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 1/8 There was such an upsurge of gas that 14 surplus workmen were evacuated by helicopter. But then the safety valve clicked in. |