upswing
upswing
Definition
up·swing (up′swiŋ′; for v. up swiŋ′)
noun
a swing, trend, or movement upward; specif., an upward trend in business
intransitive verb upswung -·swung′, upswinging -·swing′·ing
- to swing or move upward
- to advance or improve
upswing
Synonyms
upswing
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: The panamax market, too, saw an upswing in February, tho nothing like as spectacular as the increase in the capesize market.
- take: The whole scenario in the IT, ITES space has taken a massive upswing.
- experience: In the wake of this product breakthrough the company experienced a marked upswing.
- produce: In fact, intense training can produce sizeable upswings in MCT concentrations very rapidly.
- find: One recent investigation found a marked upswing in injury risk above 40 miles of running per week.
Adjective modifier
- economic: Over the past eight years, as part of a general economic upswing across the Western world, the Scottish economy has forged ahead.
- huge: In other words, fast-twitch fibers were primarily responsible for the huge upswing in blood lactate.
- new: Review 185 21st December 2000 The Plastic Surgeons Is the Doncaster dance music scene really at the start of a major new upswing?
- general: Nevertheless a general upswing is expected over the next couple of years.
- current: However, given the current upswing in the housing market, it will now be correctly timed to dampen the business cycle.
- big: High-profile casualties of the big upswing in the market were reported all over the press at the time.
Modifies a noun
- period: Three historical technological upswings periods: The study then explored how these technological cycle takeoffs appeared to be clustered within certain historical epochs.
Preposition: in
- demand: Insulation sales continued to benefit from the upswing in market demand driven by the recently revised Building Regulations.
- confidence: These figures confirm the evidence of our own eyes: that there's a big upswing in development confidence and activity.
- economy: With the upswing in the economy in the mid-1990s, employers attracted new talent by offering increasingly generous salaries.
- fortune: Month to month the fabled, longed-for upswing in the fortunes of the retail industry seems closer then further away.
- market: However, given the current upswing in the housing market, it will now be correctly timed to dampen the business cycle.
- strength: Many upswings in strength are actually the result of alterations in the way the muscle is controlled by the NERVOUS SYSTEM.
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