runup in English

noun

1

a marked rise in the value or level of something.

a sharp run-up of land and stock prices

2

the period preceding a notable event.

an acrimonious run-up to legislative elections

3

an act of running briefly to gain momentum before performing a jump in track and field or other sports.

high jumper Steve Smith will use his shortened five-stride run-up

4

an act of running an engine or turbine to prepare it for use or to test it.

After the new propeller was installed, an engine run-up was conducted with no mechanical anomalies.

5

a low approach shot that bounces and runs forward.

A lot of players are already using the 3-wood from the fringe and on run-up shots.

noun

• run-up

noun

• runup

verb

• chalk up
• hoist
• sew together, stitch, sew

Use "runup" in a sentence

1. Through the summer runup in technology stock prices, executives at the on-line service provider sat tight.

2. 10 It was said that they wanted to avoid taking attention away from the Queen and Prince of Wales in the runup to the Queen's diamond jubilee next summer.

3. It was said that they wanted to avoid taking attention away from the Queen and Prince of Wales in the runup to the Queen's diamond jubilee next summer.

4. The country's consumer power has been particularly evident in the runup to the start of the lunar new year – a peak of shopping similar to the pre-Christmas splurge in the UK and US.