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[ bot -uh m-uhp ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbɒt əm ˈʌp / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective of, relating to, or originating with the common people, nonprofessionals, or the lower ranks of an organization: The five-day workweek was a bottom-up movement that business leaders and politicians finally supported.
organized or proceeding from smaller, more detailed units to the larger, more general structure: His bottom-up approach to research involves immersing himself in communities to better understand the lives of local entrepreneurs.
Origin of bottom-up First recorded in 1930–35 as an adjective and in 1890–95 as an adverb, both deriving from the phrase “from the bottom up ”
Words nearby bottom-up bottom round, bottomry, bottomset bed, bottoms up, bottom time, bottom-up , bottom-up processing, bottom-up programming, bottom woman, bottom yeast, Bottrop
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Example sentences from the Web for bottom-up But the bottom-up , community-centered union model that the CTU exemplifies refutes those claims.
Could Rahm Lose to This Infamous Union Leader? | Kathleen Geier| July 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Now, because of bottom-up sources like Sina Weibo, this fundamental balance was starting to shift.
China’s Weibo Losing Users | Matt Schiavenza| January 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The lack of available candidates is a bottom-up problem, and not necessarily a top-down problem.
SNL's Kenan Thompson and the Invisible Black Women of Comedy | Tricia Romano| October 17, 2013| DAILY BEAST
At its core, the Republican Party is a bottom-up , anti-authoritarian working- and middle-class party.
Republicans Push Back as Rove Aims to Appoint Himself Kingmaker | Lloyd Green| February 10, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Among those patterns is a tendency for attacks to be “bottom-up ,” that is, not organized by the leader of a cohesive group.
Trying to Identify the Next Far-Right Extremist Before He Shoots | Eliza Shapiro| August 10, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The example of agriculture presents a bottom-up structure of pre-literate nature, based mainly on reaction.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
It takes a long time to learn to fly on to a bottom-up bucket.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 | Various
Instead of the top- down model of politics, we can experience a combination of bottom-up and top-down procedures.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
The bottom-up boat already had more men than it would hold and it was sinking.
Sinking of the Titanic | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for bottom-up adjective from the lowest level of a hierarchy or process to the top a bottom-up approach to corporate decision-making
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