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upsteps

upsteps is the plural of upstep.

Meaning of upstep

Noun

upstep (plural upsteps)

  1. An upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
    • Such an upstep appears in only a few constructions, and it is conceivable on the basis of the limited evidence cited that it should be attributed to an intonational pattern having a status different from that of downstep, which occurs more commonly in the language. […] After an upstep, following...1974, William E. Welmers, African Language Structures, Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 90

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Questions about upsteps

What is upsteps the plural of?
Upsteps is the plural of upstep.

Words near upsteps in the dictionary

  1. upstealing
  2. upsteals
  3. upstep
  4. upstepped
  5. upstepping
  6. upsteps
  7. upstick
  8. upstir
  9. upstirred
  10. upstirring
  11. upstirrings

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