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upsurge

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʌpsɜːrdʒ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/v. ʌpˈsɝdʒ; n. ˈʌpˌsɝdʒ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(v. up sûrj′; n. up′sûrj′)


Inflections of 'upsurge' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
upsurges
v 3rd person singular
upsurging
v pres p
upsurged
v past
upsurged
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
up•surge /v. ʌpˈsɜrdʒ; n. ˈʌpˌsɜrdʒ/USA pronunciation   v., -surged, -surg•ing, n. 
v. [no object]
  1. to surge up;
    increase;
    rise.

n. [countable]
  1. the act of surging up;
    a large or rapid increase:a sudden upsurge in consumer spending.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
up•surge  (v. up sûrj′;n. up′sûrj′),USA pronunciation v., -surged, -surg•ing, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to surge up;
    increase;
    rise:Water upsurged. Crime upsurged.

n. 
  1. the act of surging up;
    a large or rapid increase:an upsurge in sales.
  • up- + surge 1915–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
upsurge vb /ʌpˈsɜːdʒ/
  1. (intransitive) chiefly literary to surge up
 n /ˈʌpˌsɜːdʒ/
  1. a rapid rise or swell
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