RUN-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does run-up mean? 

• RUN-UP (noun)
  The noun RUN-UP has 2 senses:

1. a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time

2. the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed

  Familiarity information: RUN-UP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUN-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substantial increase over a relatively short period of time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

run-up; runup

Context example:

market runups are followed by corrections

Hypernyms ("run-up" is a kind of...):

increase (a change resulting in an increase)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The approach run during which an athlete gathers speed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("run-up" is a kind of...):

approach; approaching; coming (the act of drawing spatially closer to something)

Holonyms ("run-up" is a part of...):

bowling (the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc)

broad jump; long jump (a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start)

pole jump; pole jumping; pole vault; pole vaulting (a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole)