surge

CEFRB2

/sɝd͡ʒ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To rise or move suddenly and strongly.

  2. 02

    noun

    A sudden powerful increase or movement.

Examples

  • I see a surge in loan growth.

  • It is expected that the tsunami surge will be ten meters or less.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.

  2. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

More examples

In context

  • She felt a sudden surge of anger.

  • A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.

  • He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

The verb is from Middle English ^((please verify)) surgen, possibly from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir (“to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”), from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, contraction of surrigō, subrigō (“lift up, raise, erect; intransitive rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc.”, transitive verb), from sub (“from below; up”) + regō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of source and sourd. The noun is from the verb.