updrift

ˈʌpdrɪft

Definition

Definition of updrift - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

meteorology

Rare

rise in air or gas

Rare

The hot air balloon relied on the updrift to ascend.

thermal

updraft

general trend

Rare

upward movement or trend in a context

Rare

The updrift in stock prices was unexpected.

increase

rise

upsurge

phonetics

TECH.

rising pitch of tones in tonal language

TECH.

The updrift in the language made it sound more melodic.

intonation

pitch

rise

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Origin of updrift

English, up (upward) + drift (movement)

Examples of updrift in a sentence

Birds often take advantage of the updrift to conserve energy.
There was an updrift in housing market prices.
An updrift in temperatures was recorded last week.
The updrift in her speech was noticeable.
Linguists study the updrift to understand tonal variations.

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French:courant ascendant, tendance à la hausse, ...
German:Aufwind, Aufwärtstrend, ...
Italian:corrente ascensionale, aumento, ...
Spanish:corriente ascendente, tendencia alcista, ...
Portuguese:subida de ar, tendência de alta, ...
Chinese:上升气流, 上升趋势, ...
Japanese:上昇気流, 上昇, ...
Arabic:تِيَار صَاعِد, اِتِّجَاه تَصَاعُدِي, ...
Hebrew:עֲלִיַּת גַּז, מְגַמָּה עוֹלָה, ...
Russian:восходящий поток, рост, ...
Ukrainian:підйом повітря, висхідний тренд, ...
Hindi:वायु में वृद्धि, ऊपर की प्रवृत्ति, ...
Bengali:উর্ধ্ববায়ু, উর্ধ্বগতি, ...
Catalan:corrents ascendents, augment, ...
Czech:vzestupný proud, vzestup, ...
Danish:opadgående luftstrøm, stigning, ...
Dutch:stijgende lucht, opwaartse trend, ...
Greek:ανοδικό ρεύμα, ανοδική τάση, ...
Hungarian:feláramlás, emelkedés, ...
Khmer:ចរន្តខ្យល់ឡើង, និន្នាការកើនឡើង, ...
Korean:상승 기류, 상승세, ...
Persian:صعود هوا, روند صعودی, ...
Polish:wznoszenie się powietrza, wzrost, ...
Portuguese (BR):corrente ascendente, alta, ...
Romanian:curent ascendent, creștere, ...
Swedish:uppvind, uppgång, ...
Thai:การลอยขึ้น, แนวโน้มขึ้น, ...
Turkish:yukarı akım, yükseliş, ...
Vietnamese:luồng không khí đi lên, xu hướng tăng, ...

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