cusp
/kʌsp/
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Northern England/kʊsp/
cusp noun: a sharp point or pointed end.
Noun
cusp (plural cusps)
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- Synonyms:
- ord
- An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.
But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left...2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport
- Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.
- A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
- A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- A point of transition.
- I see freight returning in a big way. The 2016 reconnection of the Helwith Bridge quarries can produce up to three heavy trains a day. The nearby and much bigger Horton quarry is also on the cusp of rail reconnection.2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 40
Verb
cusp (third-person singular simple present cusps, present participle cusping, simple past and past participle cusped)
- To behave in a reckless or dangerous manner.
cusp meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Sanskrit
cusp in Tamil
- சிகரம், பல்லின் ஒரு பகுதி, இதயத்தின் மூடியமைப்பு
cusp in Urdu
- چاند کا کنارہ, نوک, راس
cusp in Kannada
- ಚೂಪುತುದಿ
cusp in Sanskrit
- cusp, point, tip
- सृक sṛká
- a cusp or horn of the moon
- शृङ्ग śṛ́ṅga
More languagesFewer languages
- cusp in Persian
- جزء joz'
Examples of cusp in a sentence
- “They’re on the cusp of Gen Z and millennial, thus the mash-up label of zillennial.”
- Isabel and Nicki Hoffman, the two new dolls (twins!) are Seattleites on the cusp of Y2K.
- Are we on the cusp of some kind of profound transformation of the human condition?
Synonyms of cusp
Forms of cusp
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cusps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cusps |
| present participle | cusping |
| past participle | cusped |
| past | cusped |
Origin of cusp
From Latin cuspis (“a point, spear, pointed end”); first used in astrology. Doublet of cuspid and cuspis.
Words formed from cusp
Phrases with cusp
Questions about cusp
- What does cusp mean?
- Cusp means a sharp point or pointed end.
- What is cusp in Tamil?
- Cusp in Tamil is சிகரம், பல்லின் ஒரு பகுதி, இதயத்தின் மூடியமைப்பு. See Cusp meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cusp?
- Cusp can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cusp?
- Cusp is pronounced /kʌsp/.
- What is the plural of cusp?
- The plural of cusp is cusps.
Words near cusp in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cusp (page history and authors); cusp (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cusp (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cusp (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शृङ्ग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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