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Around the holidays, or anytime I'm going on vacation, I try to bump up my cardio or lose a pound before leaving.
Stacy Keibler

Meaning of "bump up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUMP UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUMP UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bump up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bump up in English.

WHAT DOES BUMP UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bump up in the English dictionary

The definition of bump up in the dictionary is to raise or increase.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BUMP UP

PRESENT

Present
I bump up
you bump up
he/she/it bumps up
we bump up
you bump up
they bump up
Present continuous
I am bumping up
you are bumping up
he/she/it is bumping up
we are bumping up
you are bumping up
they are bumping up
Present perfect
I have bumped up
you have bumped up
he/she/it has bumped up
we have bumped up
you have bumped up
they have bumped up
Present perfect continuous
I have been bumping up
you have been bumping up
he/she/it has been bumping up
we have been bumping up
you have been bumping up
they have been bumping up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bumped up
you bumped up
he/she/it bumped up
we bumped up
you bumped up
they bumped up
Past continuous
I was bumping up
you were bumping up
he/she/it was bumping up
we were bumping up
you were bumping up
they were bumping up
Past perfect
I had bumped up
you had bumped up
he/she/it had bumped up
we had bumped up
you had bumped up
they had bumped up
Past perfect continuous
I had been bumping up
you had been bumping up
he/she/it had been bumping up
we had been bumping up
you had been bumping up
they had been bumping up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bump up
you will bump up
he/she/it will bump up
we will bump up
you will bump up
they will bump up
Future continuous
I will be bumping up
you will be bumping up
he/she/it will be bumping up
we will be bumping up
you will be bumping up
they will be bumping up
Future perfect
I will have bumped up
you will have bumped up
he/she/it will have bumped up
we will have bumped up
you will have bumped up
they will have bumped up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bumping up
you will have been bumping up
he/she/it will have been bumping up
we will have been bumping up
you will have been bumping up
they will have been bumping up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bump up
you would bump up
he/she/it would bump up
we would bump up
you would bump up
they would bump up
Conditional continuous
I would be bumping up
you would be bumping up
he/she/it would be bumping up
we would be bumping up
you would be bumping up
they would be bumping up
Conditional perfect
I would have bump up
you would have bump up
he/she/it would have bump up
we would have bump up
you would have bump up
they would have bump up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bumping up
you would have been bumping up
he/she/it would have been bumping up
we would have been bumping up
you would have been bumping up
they would have been bumping up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bump up
we let´s bump up
you bump up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bump up
Past participle
bumped up
Present Participle
bumping up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUMP UP

bump
bump ball
bump into
bump off
bump start
bump uglies
bump-start
bumper
bumper car
bumper sticker
bumper to bumper
bumph
bumpier
bumpiest
bumpily
bumpiness
bumping race
bumpkin
bumpkinish
bumpkinly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUMP UP

amp up
crop up
keep up
lap up
mop up
pimp up
ramp up
rip up
slip up
snap up
sop up
soup up
step up
stump up
top up
trump up
whip up
whomp up
wrap up

Synonyms and antonyms of bump up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bump up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUMP UP

Find out the translation of bump up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bump up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bump up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

撞了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bump hasta
570 millions of speakers

English

bump up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टक्कर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يرفعه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ударяться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bata até
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আচমকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cogner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merangkak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

raufgehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최대 범프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bump up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bump lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சந்ததிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर ढीग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yükseltmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

urtare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bump
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ударятися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cucui în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χτύπημα μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stamp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stöta upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bump opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bump up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUMP UP»

The term «bump up» is regularly used and occupies the 73.589 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUMP UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bump up

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4 QUOTES WITH «BUMP UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bump up.
1
Rupert Friend
My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English.
2
Lisi Harrison
I like writing about the issues we all bump up against as we get older, but I try to present them in a fun way.
3
Stacy Keibler
Around the holidays, or anytime I'm going on vacation, I try to bump up my cardio or lose a pound before leaving.
4
Michael Sandel
Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share a common life. What matters is that people of different backgrounds and social positions encounter one another, and bump up against one another, in the course of ordinary life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUMP UP»

Discover the use of bump up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bump up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bump Up the Oxygen: A Miranda Blight Novel
".. Miranda Blight's fall into brokenness and her bizarre struggle to rise again ...the humor and romance are as riveting as the suspense.
Mary Jordan Nixon, 2012
2
Maya Studio Projects Texturing and Lighting
This is most noticeable around the wheel wells, where the dirt splatters present the most contrast and thus “bump up” the most. Other ambulance surfaces can benefit from the reutilization of color bitmaps as bump bitmaps. These include the  ...
Lee Lanier, 2011
3
Visual Effects in a Digital World
... also color mapping, transparency mapping, environment mapping. See image under displacement mapping. bump texture See bump map. bump texture map See bump map. BUTTON 59 bump texture mapping See bump mapping. bump up.
Karen E. Goulekas, 2001
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''Bump-up'' Policy Under Title I of the Clean Air Act
These works are now made available through an environmentally friendly, print-on-demand basis, using only what is necessary to meet the required demands of an interested public.
United States Congress House Of Represen, 2010
5
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns
Fairly often prices bump up again, and thatiscalled a BARR with a dual bump ora dual BARR. Occasionally,a dual BARR consistsof severalbumps but the resultisstill thesame. Prices eventually fall belowthe trendline. Downhillrun. Sometimes ...
Thomas N. Bulkowski, 2011
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A Technical and Jurisprudential Review of the Canadian ...
69(1.1)(b) bump up? More importantly what is the nature of the payment in the hands of the recipient and can it be subject to a Sec. 105(1) income inclusion of a benefit? In A. Sigerstrom v. M.N.R.407 a taxpayer launched a claim in respect of a ...
Lyndon Maither, 2010
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Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender, and the “Vulgar” Body ...
... Ranks's defensively mocking line in 'Get Up, Stan(d) Up': 'Man ina pants an shirt, no man no hitch up inna frock' ('hitch up' implying a posture of embarrassment); and much more extensively in Lovindeer's 'Mad Puss Tonic' and 'Bump Up'.
Carolyn Cooper, 1995
8
The Best Life Diet Revised and Updated
... activity and restructuring your meals and snacks will rev up your metabolism, which will counter some of the problems you may otherwise bump up against when you begin cutting calories in earnest (cutting calories happens in Phase Two).
Bob Greene, 2008
9
Professional Sound Reinforcement Techniques: Tips and Tricks ...
If I want the horns accented while the singer is singing the verse, I'll wait until he finishes a line of vocal and then bump up the horns for a quick moment. Songs are usually structured this way so blasts of horns usually have open spaces ...
Jim Yakabuski, 2001
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English and English Literature
BUMP UP THE CHOCOLATE Use a quality dark chocolate containing 50-66 per cent cocoa solids for a superior flavour. I've given a range of amounts for the chocolate purely to suit your taste * 5Og/2oz will make a good chocotatey pudding, ...
Steven Croft, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUMP UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bump up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Samsung Slashes Smartphone Prices to Bump up Orders
Samsung Slashes Smartphone Prices to Bump up Orders. 10. 15 PA XTRA NEWS. It was just yesterday that we posted a report titled ... «Patently Apple, Jul 15»
2
Rivalry between N.C. Senate and Gov. McCrory includes competing …
Their budget would bump up state spending for highway construction and port improvements every year, instead of taking on debt. “Fiscally ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
3
India's music-streaming leader Saavn raises $100M, adding 1M …
But these also bump up against well-funded services that more narrowly target local audiences. Besides Saavn, Yandex recently launched a ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»
4
Greece's new talks; AMD plummets; Starbucks' price hike
... to watch...but not panic. "We should be concerned but only to the extent that it could bump up against broader economic trends," he explains. «Yahoo Finance, Jul 15»
5
Halifax Water strike fuelled by dispute over pension
"So, if you freeze that, eventually there will be a lot of people who will bump up against that, including CUPE members over time." Campbell ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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'There's never any money left': threat of welfare cuts alarms …
I couldn't afford to bump up the wages,” she said. “We're keeping our head above water but business isn't what it used to be. We would have to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Oil prices dive below $53 as Iran deal looms
... a professor at Georgetown University, said she wouldn't be "surprised if the Iranians get up to a little mischief that will help bump up oil prices. «KWCH, Jul 15»
8
The Mad Scramble to Get Off the Republican Debate Bubble
If Cruz can bump up his name recognition, he can escape the bubble, make the debates, and then go about trying to actually impress voters. «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
9
HAMILL: NYPD ticket-fixing needs to stop at the top
My theory is that once the protest ended, a blitz to recoup the lost revenue and bump up the summons numbers began. Many police officers ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Manu Ginobili announces he's coming back, as Spurs' strong …
... season will stay at its originally projected $67.1 million figure or bump up to $69.1 million, as CBSSports.com's Ken Berger reported it could, ... «Yahoo Canada Sports, Jul 15»

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