run-up
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.44 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight.
Countable; Transitive verb; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Jasprit Bumrah has the most unique run-up in the history of cricket."
- "But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced."
- "The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election."
- "Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company tightens its policies around political issues in the run-up to the US midterm elections in six weeks’ time."
- "Further trials and commissioning of the newly laid track will take place in the run-up to the launch of passenger services in June."
- "Economists expect a run-up of long-term interest rates."