Dictionary

step-up en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Deverbal from step up.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a transformer etc) That increases a voltage.
   • a step-up transformer

Antonyms

step-down · stepdown

Translations (3)

fi jännitettä nostava (voltage increase) · cmn 升壓 /升压 (voltage increase) · vi tăng thế (voltage increase)

step-up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Deverbal from step up.

Meanings

1. A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.
2. An increase.
   • Elsewhere in this issue, for example, an article on the new pattern of freight train operation in the N.E.R. consequent upon the opening this summer of its three mechanised marshalling yards shows that one effect will be a further step-up in the speed of the East Coast main line freight traffic. 1963 July, “News and Comment: Roller bearings for freight stock”, in Modern Railways, pages 5–6:
3. (US, especially) A phenomenon whereby the growth in market value of an asset or investment is not taxed under certain circumstances, generally involving buying and holding until the buyer's death, followed by inheritance.
   • on a step-up basis
   • a step-up in basis

Forms

Antonyms

step-down · stepdown

Coordinates

stairclimbing · press-up · sit-up · push-up · pull-up

Hypernyms

movement · exercise

Translations (11)

de Aufsteiger (leg-stemming lift) · ru заша́гивание на ла́вку (leg-stemming lift) · ru заша́гивание на возвы́шенность (leg-stemming lift) · ru заша́гивание на платфо́рму (leg-stemming lift) · de Treppensteiger (leg-stemming lift) · sv trappsteg (leg-stemming lift) · de Treppensteigen (leg-stemming lift) · fi askellus (leg-stemming lift) · ru заша́гивание вверх (leg-stemming lift) · fi penkille nousu (leg-stemming lift) · ru заша́гивание (leg-stemming lift)