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PRONUNCIATION OF JACK UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JACK UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jack up is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb jack up in English.

WHAT DOES JACK UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jack up in the English dictionary

The first definition of jack up in the dictionary is to increase. Other definition of jack up is to raise an object, such as a car, with or as with a jack. Jack up is also to inject oneself with a drug, usually heroin.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO JACK UP

PRESENT

Present
I jack up
you jack up
he/she/it jacks up
we jack up
you jack up
they jack up
Present continuous
I am jacking up
you are jacking up
he/she/it is jacking up
we are jacking up
you are jacking up
they are jacking up
Present perfect
I have jacked up
you have jacked up
he/she/it has jacked up
we have jacked up
you have jacked up
they have jacked up
Present perfect continuous
I have been jacking up
you have been jacking up
he/she/it has been jacking up
we have been jacking up
you have been jacking up
they have been jacking 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 jacked up
you jacked up
he/she/it jacked up
we jacked up
you jacked up
they jacked up
Past continuous
I was jacking up
you were jacking up
he/she/it was jacking up
we were jacking up
you were jacking up
they were jacking up
Past perfect
I had jacked up
you had jacked up
he/she/it had jacked up
we had jacked up
you had jacked up
they had jacked up
Past perfect continuous
I had been jacking up
you had been jacking up
he/she/it had been jacking up
we had been jacking up
you had been jacking up
they had been jacking up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you jack up
we let´s jack up
you jack up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to jack up
Past participle
jacked up
Present Participle
jacking 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 JACK UP

jack in
Jack Ketch
jack ladder
jack of
jack of all trades
jack pike
jack pine
jack plane
jack plug
jack rabbit
jack rafter
Jack Robinson
Jack Russell
Jack Russell terrier
jack shit
Jack Tar
Jack the Ripper
jack towel
jack-by-the-hedge

WORDS THAT END LIKE JACK UP

back up
break up
buck up
clock up
crack up
dead from the neck up
fuck up
kick up
knock up
lock up
look up
muck up
pack up
pluck up
put someone´s back up
rack up
rock up
shack up
speak up
work up

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

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JACK UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «jack up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of jack up

Translation of «jack up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JACK UP

Find out the translation of jack up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jack 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 «jack up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

托高
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subir los
570 millions of speakers

English

jack up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जैक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يقفز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взвинтить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্যাক আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grimper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jack up
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufbocken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジャッキアップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최대 잭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jack munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắm lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜாக் அப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर उचल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kalkmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cricco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jack się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

накрутити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jack up
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jack up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jack
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jack upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jekke opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jack up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JACK UP»

The term «jack up» is regularly used and occupies the 74.954 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JACK UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jack up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jack up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JACK UP»

Discover the use of jack up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jack up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
101 Performance Projects for Your BMW 3 Series 1982-2000
If you do need to quickly jack up your car by the differential, be sure to place a rolled up newspaper under the lifting pad of the jack to protect the underside. Safety is of paramount importance. Never work under the car with it suspended simply ...
Wayne R. Dempsey
2
Technology for Developing Marginal Offshore Oilfields
4.3 CONCEPTS BASED ON THE USE OF A JACK-UP PRODUCTION SUPPORT The basic production system consists, typically, of a converted drilling jack-up unit which houses the production facilities with wellheads situated on the jack-up  ...
D.A. Fee, J. O'Dea, 2006
3
Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures, Third Edition
Large jack-up construction rigs are most applicable where the sea conditions are highly variable, with frequent periods of calm, so that the rig may find convenient times to move. On the other hand, if numerous moves are required—as, ...
Ben C. Gerwick, Jr, 2007
4
Seabed Reconnaissance and Offshore Soil Mechanics for the ...
1 DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPORTS OF JACK-UP PLATFORMS . . 403 IX. 1 . 1 Jack-up platforms with piles ending in bases or spud cans . . . 403 IX. 1.1.1 Geometries of bases or spud cans 404 IX. 1.1. 2 Dimensions of bases or spud cans ...
P. Le Tirant, 1979
5
Advances in Site Investigation Practice: Proceedings of the ...
In the shallower water depth range, up to about 25 metres, CPT*s can be performed directly from the deck level of a jack-up using static land based CPT equipment. A jack- up platform is generally preferred, since the movement of a floating ...
C. Craig, 1996
6
Construction Health and Safety in Coastal and Maritime ...
Jack-up platforms are pontoons fitted with legs and lifting gear which bear on the bottom and allow them to be lifted above the water to work. In other words they manoeuvre as marine plant and work using the 'land' to support them. In general  ...
Ian Cruickshank, Stephen Cork, 2005
7
Wind in Our Sails - the coming of Europe's offshore wind ...
JB114 Jack up Barges BV 300 8. JB115 Jack up Barges BV 300 9. JB116 Jack up Barges BV 80 (300+) 10. Jumbo Javelin Jumbo Shipping 1,800 11. Krake n SeaJacks 300 12. Leviathan SeaJacks 300 13. Lisa A Smit 600 14. Matador 3 Bonn ...
European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
8
Proceedings of the Twenty-first American Towing Tank Conference
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A JACK-UP PLATFORM IN WAVES Antonio Carlos Fernandas^ Jose M.A. Vasconcelos2 Paulo T. T. Esperanca2 Pedro Barusco Fl lho3 Sergio H. Sphaier2 *IPT - InstiCuto de Pesqulsas Tecnologlcas do Estado de ...
Richard F. Messalle, 1987
9
BGA International Conference on Foundations: Innovations, ...
L. Kellezi and H. Stromann GEO - Danish Geotechnical Institute, Lyngby, Denmark Introduction Mobile jack-up drilling platforms are used extensively in offshore exploration of oil and gas at water depths up to 150 m. The foundation at the ...
Tim A. Newson, 2003
10
Veterinary Immunology: Principles and Practice
Model jack-up properties. Scaled model ( 1 :200) Prototype Figure 4. Model jack- up at UWA. clay. Whilst these experiments were performed on the laboratory floor and only involved planar loading the data has provided insight into the system ...
Michael J. Day, Ronald D. Schultz, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JACK UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jack up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The contradictions of China's communist capitalism - The Globe and …
The spectacle of a communist regime trying to jack up a casino-like capitalist market is just one of the many contradictions that have been ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
AMC doesn't expect “significant change in prices” with Starplex …
“AMC is gonna control the certain area, obviously gonna jack up prices. There's no doubt in my mind.” Dee Tindall of Southington said she ... «Meriden Record-Journal, Jul 15»
3
Silicon Valley should drop peer grouping to determine CEO pay …
All it takes is for one company in the peer group to jack up CEO pay for everyone else to follow suit. The practice of basing pay on peer groups ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
2016 Mazda CX-3 Priced Affordably, Sort Of – Insider Car News
It's like Mazda's been taking notes from Porsche on how to jack up the cost of a vehicle, but thankfully hasn't got the skill down quite yet. «Insider Car News, Jul 15»
5
Health Insurance Opportunities & Complexities of ObamaCare …
“With premium reform, adverse experience can no longer be taken into consideration and can no longer jack up premiums.”. «CEPro, Jul 15»
6
LAX Becomes Largest US Airport to Allow Ridesharing Services to …
An Uber driver explains why some drivers are canceling ride requests to jack up prices. Gadi Schwartz reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on ... «NBC Southern California, Jul 15»
7
How Walmart Beat Amazon on Prime Day | Money.com - Time
Rather than focusing on delivering the best customer experience possible, Amazon built up Prime Day in order to jack up all-important Prime ... «TIME, Jul 15»
8
The contradictions of communist capitalism in China
The spectacle of a communist regime trying to jack up a casino-like capitalist market is just one of the many contradictions that have been ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
9
Local bakeries worry egg shortage could force a hike in pastry prices
... leaving Ostrander and local bakers like him in a dilemma: absorb the steeper costs or jack up the price of cookies, pies and pastries, a move ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
10
Insurance Bureau of Canada says some companies requested rate …
These guys have been giving it to me for decades, and will happily jack up my premiums for any flimsy reason, or even no reason at all. «Newstalk 1010, Jul 15»

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