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ramps up

ramps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ramps up

What is ramps up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ramps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ramp up.

Words near ramps up in the dictionary

  1. rampoles
  2. rampostan
  3. rampostans
  4. ramps
  5. ramps along
  6. ramps up
  7. Rampside
  8. rampsman
  9. rampsmen
  10. rampspeed
  11. rampspeeds

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