Meaning of "upsurge" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF UPSURGE

upsurge  [ʌpˈsɜːdʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPSURGE

Upsurge 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 upsurge in English.

WHAT DOES UPSURGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Upsurge

Upsurge is a novel by Australian writer J. M. Harcourt. Set in Perth, Western Australia, during the Great Depression, it was the first novel to be banned by the-then Commonwealth Book Censorship Board and the first to be prosecuted by police in Australia. University of New South Wales academic Richard Nile described Upsurge as "one of the most radical Australian books written during the interwar period". It was admired by Katharine Susannah Prichard, who said it was the first Australian novel to be written in the socialist realism style.

Definition of upsurge in the English dictionary

The definition of upsurge in the dictionary is to surge up. Other definition of upsurge is a rapid rise or swell.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UPSURGE

PRESENT

Present

I upsurge

you upsurge

he/she/it upsurges

we upsurge

you upsurge

they upsurge

Present continuous

I am upsurging

you are upsurging

he/she/it is upsurging

we are upsurging

you are upsurging

they are upsurging

Present perfect

I have upsurged

you have upsurged

he/she/it has upsurged

we have upsurged

you have upsurged

they have upsurged

Present perfect continuous

I have been upsurging

you have been upsurging

he/she/it has been upsurging

we have been upsurging

you have been upsurging

they have been upsurging

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 upsurged

you upsurged

he/she/it upsurged

we upsurged

you upsurged

they upsurged

Past continuous

I was upsurging

you were upsurging

he/she/it was upsurging

we were upsurging

you were upsurging

they were upsurging

Past perfect

I had upsurged

you had upsurged

he/she/it had upsurged

we had upsurged

you had upsurged

they had upsurged

Past perfect continuous

I had been upsurging

you had been upsurging

he/she/it had been upsurging

we had been upsurging

you had been upsurging

they had been upsurging

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

FUTURE

Future

I will upsurge

you will upsurge

he/she/it will upsurge

we will upsurge

you will upsurge

they will upsurge

Future continuous

I will be upsurging

you will be upsurging

he/she/it will be upsurging

we will be upsurging

you will be upsurging

they will be upsurging

Future perfect

I will have upsurged

you will have upsurged

he/she/it will have upsurged

we will have upsurged

you will have upsurged

they will have upsurged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been upsurging

you will have been upsurging

he/she/it will have been upsurging

we will have been upsurging

you will have been upsurging

they will have been upsurging

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would upsurge

you would upsurge

he/she/it would upsurge

we would upsurge

you would upsurge

they would upsurge

Conditional continuous

I would be upsurging

you would be upsurging

he/she/it would be upsurging

we would be upsurging

you would be upsurging

they would be upsurging

Conditional perfect

I would have upsurge

you would have upsurge

he/she/it would have upsurge

we would have upsurge

you would have upsurge

they would have upsurge

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been upsurging

you would have been upsurging

he/she/it would have been upsurging

we would have been upsurging

you would have been upsurging

they would have been upsurging

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you upsurge
we let´s upsurge
you upsurge

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to upsurge

Past participle

upsurged

Present Participle

upsurging

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 «UPSURGE»

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

synonyms of upsurge

boost · escalation · growth · increase · rise · upturn

TRANSLATION OF UPSURGE

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 剧增
• Translator English - Spanish: aumento
• English: upsurge
• Translator English - Hindi: लहर
• Translator English - Arabic: تصاعد
• Translator English - Russian: подъем
• Translator English - Portuguese: explosão
• Translator English - Bengali: অভ্যুত্থান
• Translator English - French: flambée
• Translator English - Malay: Kenaikan
• Translator English - German: Zunahme
• Translator English - Japanese: 高まり
• Translator English - Korean: 급증
• Translator English - Javanese: Upsurge
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bộc
• Translator English - Tamil: எழுச்சி
• Translator English - Marathi: उद्रेक
• Translator English - Turkish: yükselme
• Translator English - Italian: impennata
• Translator English - Polish: przypływ
• Translator English - Ukrainian: підйом
• Translator English - Romanian: creștere
• Translator English - Greek: έξαρση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: oplewing
• Translator English - Swedish: uppsving
• Translator English - Norwegian: oppsving

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPSURGE»

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

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: National Upsurge

The Volume Deals With The Organization, The Ideology And The Role Of Rss In The Cultural Reguvination Of Hindu Society In India.

M. G. Chitkara, 2004

The Next Upsurge: Labor and the New Social Movements

Clawson finds that this is already happening in some parts of the labor movement: labor has endorsed global justice and opposed war in Iraq, student activists combat sweatshops, unions struggle for immigrant rights.

Dan Clawson, 2003

Student Upsurge and Indian Revolution

On the recent student unrest in India, specially in Bihar; communist view point.

S. G. Sardesai, 1974

Nationalist Upsurge in Assam

Contributed articles focussing on the role of Assam in the Indian freedom movement from 1857-1947.

Arun Chandra Bhuyan, 2000

Climate Action Upsurge: The Ethnography of Climate Movement ...

Climate. Action. Upsurge. In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda. Evidence of global warming and accelerating greenhouse gas emissions created a new sense of urgency and, despite ...

Stuart Rosewarne, James Goodman, Rebecca Pearse, 2013

Upsurge

John Teton. Just keep Leanna's face in mind and you'll know what to say. Wish I had a more recent picture with me than that one I was showing around the U.N. this morning. Didn't Don e-mail us pictures from the Labor Day camping trip?

John Teton, 2006

"Buying Futures", the Upsurge of Female Entrepreneurship: ...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Universiteit Leiden, 2000.

Margaret Niger-Thomas Agbaw, 2000

Lenin Rediscovered: What Is to Be Done? in Context

For Lenin, the growing revolutionary crisis in Russia is unthinkable without the stikhiinyi upsurge of the workers, as we shall see in the next section. The stikhiinyi upsurge The stikhiinyi upsurge of both the worker mass and (thanks to its ...

Lars T. Lih, 2006

A New Face of North Korean Drug Use: Upsurge in ...

A New Face of North Korean Drug Use, a McFarland E-Single, originally appeared in the North Korean Review, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 2013).

Andrei Lankov, Seok-hyang Kim, Suk Kim, 2013

South Africa: time of agony, time of destiny : the upsurge ...

Looks at the recent political and economic history of South Africa, traces the development of anti-apartheid groups, and assesses the current situation

Martin J. Murray, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPSURGE»

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

Cardamom loses flavour on upsurge in arrivals

Cardamom prices declined at last week's auctions on increased arrivals in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Supply continued to show an upsurge when compared with ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»

Upsurge in vehicle stoning on R300

The Delft and Kuils River cluster Community Policing Forum chairman Reginald Maart said yesterday that there has been an upsurge in vehicle stonings in the ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»

'New Yorker' Article Sparks Upsurge In Earthquake Survival Kit Sales

After a frightening article a few weeks ago in The New Yorker magazine about a potentially devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, there's been a run ... «NPR, Jul 15»

Suffolk SPCA to train volunteer investigators; upsurge in animal …

... volunteer animal welfare investigators. Chief Roy Gross says the move follows a recent upsurge in animal cruelty cases, including apparent ritualistic killings. «Daily Journal, Jul 15»

Isis in Egypt: Wave of attacks across country signals frightening …

The wave of raids launched on military and police targets left at least 64 soldiers dead, and signalled a frightening upsurge in militant activity that suggests Isis is ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

Upsurge of Activism Shows There Is a Real Alternative

Sometimes in politics it's a good idea to take a step back and look at the big picture, not just think about fiscal policy, not just think about climate change policy, ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»

Thousands flee violent upsurge in northern Mali

BAMAKO, 29 May 2015 (IRIN) - A spike in violence in northern Mali has driven the number of people displaced in the country above 100,000, many of them ... «IRINnews.org, May 15»

Egypt: upsurge in H5N1 human and poultry cases but no change in …

The mission stressed that the way the influenza H5N1 virus is transmitted in Egypt appears to have remained stable despite the recent upsurge in numbers of ... «World Health Organization, May 15»

Six Ukrainian soldiers die amid upsurge in fighting

Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed on Tuesday, the press service of Ukraine's Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters said on Wednesday. An armored personnel ... «Ukraine Today, May 15»

Possible New Democrat upsurge in Alberta has federal …

Possible New Democrat upsurge in Alberta has federal Conservatives wondering. By: Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press Posted: 05/4/2015 4:42 PM | Last ... «Winnipeg Free Press, May 15»