Meaning of "jump" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JUMP

Probably of imitative origin; compare Swedish gumpa to jump.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF JUMP

jump  [dʒʌmp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUMP

Jump 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 jump in English.

WHAT DOES JUMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jump

Jump or Jumping primarily refers to the physical action of jumping, that is, propelling oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. It may also refer to...

Definition of jump in the English dictionary

The first definition of jump in the dictionary is to leap or spring clear of the ground or other surface by using the muscles in the legs and feet. Other definition of jump is to leap over or clear. Jump is also to cause to leap over an obstacle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO JUMP

PRESENT

Present

I jump

you jump

he/she/it jumps

we jump

you jump

they jump

Present continuous

I am jumping

you are jumping

he/she/it is jumping

we are jumping

you are jumping

they are jumping

Present perfect

I have jumped

you have jumped

he/she/it has jumped

we have jumped

you have jumped

they have jumped

Present perfect continuous

I have been jumping

you have been jumping

he/she/it has been jumping

we have been jumping

you have been jumping

they have been jumping

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 jumped

you jumped

he/she/it jumped

we jumped

you jumped

they jumped

Past continuous

I was jumping

you were jumping

he/she/it was jumping

we were jumping

you were jumping

they were jumping

Past perfect

I had jumped

you had jumped

he/she/it had jumped

we had jumped

you had jumped

they had jumped

Past perfect continuous

I had been jumping

you had been jumping

he/she/it had been jumping

we had been jumping

you had been jumping

they had been jumping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will jump

you will jump

he/she/it will jump

we will jump

you will jump

they will jump

Future continuous

I will be jumping

you will be jumping

he/she/it will be jumping

we will be jumping

you will be jumping

they will be jumping

Future perfect

I will have jumped

you will have jumped

he/she/it will have jumped

we will have jumped

you will have jumped

they will have jumped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been jumping

you will have been jumping

he/she/it will have been jumping

we will have been jumping

you will have been jumping

they will have been jumping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would jump

you would jump

he/she/it would jump

we would jump

you would jump

they would jump

Conditional continuous

I would be jumping

you would be jumping

he/she/it would be jumping

we would be jumping

you would be jumping

they would be jumping

Conditional perfect

I would have jump

you would have jump

he/she/it would have jump

we would have jump

you would have jump

they would have jump

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been jumping

you would have been jumping

he/she/it would have been jumping

we would have been jumping

you would have been jumping

they would have been jumping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you jump
we let´s jump
you jump

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to jump

Past participle

jumped

Present Participle

jumping

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.

SYNONYMS OF «JUMP»

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

synonyms of jump

advance · ascend · assail · assault · attack · augmentation · avoid · barricade · barrier · boost · bounce · bound · breach · break · buck · caper · charge · clear · climb · dance · digress · elevation · escalate · escalation · evade · fence · flinch · gain · gambol · gap · gate · go over · hiatus · hike · hop · hurdle · increase · increment · interruption · jar · jerk · jolt · lacuna · lay into · leap · lurch · miss · mount · movement · obstacle · omit · prance · quake · rail · recoil · rise · rush · set upon · shake · shock · shudder · skip · soar · space · spasm · spiral · spring · start · storm · surge · swerve · twitch · upsurge · upswing · upturn · vault · wince

TRANSLATION OF JUMP

Find out the translation of jump to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of jump from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jump» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 跳跃
• Translator English - Spanish: saltar
• English: jump
• Translator English - Hindi: कूद
• Translator English - Arabic: يَقْفِزُ
• Translator English - Russian: прыгать
• Translator English - Portuguese: pular
• Translator English - Bengali: ঝাঁপ
• Translator English - French: sauter
• Translator English - Malay: Melompat
• Translator English - German: springen
• Translator English - Japanese: 跳びはねる
• Translator English - Korean: 뛰다
• Translator English - Javanese: Mlumpat
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhảy
• Translator English - Tamil: குதி
• Translator English - Marathi: उडी मारणे
• Translator English - Turkish: atlama
• Translator English - Italian: saltare
• Translator English - Polish: skoczyć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: стрибати
• Translator English - Romanian: a sări
• Translator English - Greek: πηδώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Spring
• Translator English - Swedish: hoppa
• Translator English - Norwegian: hoppe

10 QUOTES WITH «JUMP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jump.

1

Candice Accola

With 'The Vampire Diaries,' it's not just a tease, especially with the relationships. You're not sitting there going, 'God, I wish they'd get it over with and kiss!' There's no teasing, they jump right into the action.

2

Simon Ammann

I'm afraid Eddie the Eagle was before my time. All I know is that his glasses were three times thicker than mine, but I can jump three times further than he did.

3

Victoria Azarenka

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.

4

Jim Bakker

I don't know, examination I guess. And then they put the jump suit back on me again. I went through the compound - I remember somebody shouting, Jim don't let them break you.

5

Buffalo Bill

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

6

Geoffrey Boycott

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

7

Mehcad Brooks

When I jump into something, I really do it to the fullest extent that my time and energy will allow me. I'm from Texas, and to see so many people that are obese and with disorders that are preventable. They haven't been shown or told. I'm really passionate about making sure my fellow countrymen are healthy. It's a shame.

8

Mel Brooks

Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.

9

Troy Brown

I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed, that's something I had to work really hard at.

10

Luke Bryan

I want my music to jump off the stage and out of the speakers. When we do 'Rain Is A Good Thing' paired back to back with 'Country Girl,' it just feels like the roof is fixin' to come off the place.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUMP»

Discover the use of jump in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jump and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old ...

. . . This book takes about ninety minutes to read, and it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human.”—Andrew Solomon, The Times (London) From the Hardcover edition.

Naoki Higashida, 2013

Jump!

When a bug sleeping on a jug is chased by a frog, he has to jump to get away.

Scott M. Fischer, 2011

Jump!

In Jump! you will meet rich capricious owners, obsessive trainers and gallant stable lads and lasses; you will get to know the tough, brave jockeys; and you will fall in love with the horses,and above all with Mrs Wilkinson herself -- ...

Jilly Cooper, 2011

Jump

Jump. That's what sixteen-year-old P.K. has done. She's taken an impulsive jump from her restrictive life with her family into a life of total adventure: running away to go rock climbing out west with a guy she barely knows.

Elisa Carbone, 2010

JUMP!

The text is targeted at beginners trying to decide if skydiving is a sport worth pursuing and how to go about selecting a school and training program. BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK OF PULLING THE RIPCORD READ THIS BOOK!

Tom Buchanan, 2003

When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind -- ...

When a Billion Chinese Jump is a road journey into the future of our species.

Jonathan S. Watts, 2010

The Biggest Loser 30-Day Jump Start: Lose Weight, Get in ...

The experts and cast from "The Biggest Loser" television show guide dieters through a daily integration of healthy nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle changes that are easy to follow and produce real results.

Cheryl Forberg, RD, Melissa Roberson, Lisa Wheeler, 2009

Jump

Back home after eight years in prison, she finds that the little girl she left behind is now a teenage stranger who thinks her mother might be a monster.

Terra Little, 2011

Jump Cut

Spencer loves movies, but real life is boring, right?

Ted Staunton, 2012

Jump

Set during the 1995 referendum in Quebec, Jump follows the story of Myra Grant, a free-lance journalist and theatre buff who faces an empty nest and an inner call for change.

Marianne Ackerman, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUMP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jump is used in the context of the following news items.

Scared kid summons up his inner Shia LaBeouf to jump into pool

The best. RT @HarryRellofonte: Perfect example of pushing yourself to be great RT @themakeda: This is PERFECT. pic.twitter.com/ ... «Mashable, Jul 15»

Bills Head Coach Rex Ryan makes the jump of a lifetime | wivb.com

Ryan said the experience was incredible but there's no real way to describe the feeling of a jump like that, it's something you have to ... «wivb.com, Jul 15»

Hyundai Elantra sales jump 55% from May to June - MyFoxAL.com …

Car shoppers are showing a lot of love for Hyundai's compact Elantra sedan - and that's keeping things hopping at the Korean automaker's ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»

Missouri DB Finis Stribling nails insane 61-inch box jump (Video)

For the past couple years, the Missouri Tigers have been one of the best teams in college football. This is evidenced by the fact that they've won ... «FanSided, Jul 15»

TinCaps get early jump, win | TinCaps | Journal Gazette

On the last day of his minor league rehab assignment with the TinCaps, Tim Federowicz bought the team a pregame spread from Texas ... «Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Jul 15»

Girls' high jump – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 | iaaf …

With a dominant display of jumping, Czech Republic's Michaela Hruba confirmed her vast potential when winning her first major international ... «International Association of Athletics Federations, Jul 15»

Housing starts jump 9.8% in June - Arkansas Online

A front-end loader rearranges earth Friday as construction continues at the MacArthur Commons apartment building in the 300 block of East ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»

Stats show a jump in crime in Glendale - Glendale News Press

Violent and property crimes increased in Glendale through June of this year when compared to the same period last year, according to midyear ... «Glendale News Press, Jul 15»

Google shares jump record $65 billion in value - Mashable

In this June 2, 2015 file photo, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal speaks during a ceremony announcing a $300 million expansion of Google's data ... «Mashable, Jul 15»

Omaha-based Amcon Distributing sees third-quarter profit jump 61 …

Omaha-based Amcon Distributing sees third-quarter profit jump 61 percent. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jul 15»