surge
verb/sɜːdʒ/
/sɜːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they surge | /sɜːdʒ/ /sɜːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it surges | /ˈsɜːdʒɪz/ /ˈsɜːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple surged | /sɜːdʒd/ /sɜːrdʒd/ |
| past participle surged | /sɜːdʒd/ /sɜːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form surging | /ˈsɜːdʒɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly and with force in a particular direction
- The gates opened and the crowd surged forward.
- Flood waters surged into their homes.
- He surged past the other runners on the last lap.
Extra Examples- A large wave sent water surging up towards them.
- Her heart thumped and blood surged through her veins.
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- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to fill somebody with a strong feeling synonym sweep
- Relief surged through her.
- [intransitive] (of prices, profits, etc.) to suddenly increase in value
- Share prices surged.
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectc1- Inflation surged 2 500 per cent in 2016.
- Profits from cigarettes surged to $225m last year.
- [intransitive] (of the flow of electrical power) to increase suddenly
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘fountain, stream’): the noun (in early use) from Old French sourgeon; the verb partly from the Old French stem sourge-, based on Latin surgere ‘to rise’. Early senses of the verb included ‘rise and fall on the waves’ and ‘swell with great force’.
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