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ramping up

ramping up is the present participle and gerund of ramp up.

Meaning of ramp up

Verb

ramp up (third-person singular simple present ramps up, present participle ramping up, simple past and past participle ramped up)

  1. (intransitive) To increase rapidly to a new value.
    • Near-synonym: build up
    Synonyms:
    build up
  2. (transitive) To increase (something) rapidly to a new value; to cause (something) to ramp up.
    • Near-synonym: build up
    Synonyms:
    build up
  3. (intransitive) To start up; to be in an initial phase of rapid increase.
    • Near-synonyms: fire up, spin up
    Synonyms:
    fire up, spin up
  4. (transitive) To start (something) up; to cause (something) to ramp up.
    • Near-synonyms: fire up, spin up
    Synonyms:
    fire up, spin up

Questions about ramping up

What is ramping up the present participle and gerund of?
Ramping up is the present participle and gerund of ramp up.

Words near ramping up in the dictionary

  1. rampies
  2. rampike
  3. rampikes
  4. ramping
  5. ramping along
  6. ramping up
  7. rampingly
  8. rampings
  9. rampion
  10. rampions
  11. rampire

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