upturn

UK/ˈʌp.tɜːn/US/ˈʌp.tɝn/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — turn sits at #151leans written

Other forms: upturns

An upturn is an improvement in trade or fortunes. Wait for an upturn.

It is a word from economics and is only ever recognised after it has begun. An upturn that lasts two quarters is a recovery and one that lasts two months is noise.

Definitions of upturn

1nounupturnAn improvement in trade or fortunes.B2
“The upturn arrived a year later than anybody had promised.”

upturn is a change.

Where it comes from

Up plus turn; the economic sense came into use in the twentieth century.

Proto-Indo-European
*terh₁-
Middle English
upturnen
English, today
upturn

From Middle English upturnen, equivalent to up + turn.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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upturn

UK/ˈʌp.tɜːn/US/ˈʌp.tɝn/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — turn sits at #151leans written

Other forms: upturns

An upturn is an improvement in trade or fortunes. Wait for an upturn.

It is a word from economics and is only ever recognised after it has begun. An upturn that lasts two quarters is a recovery and one that lasts two months is noise.

Definitions of upturn

1nounupturnAn improvement in trade or fortunes.B2
“The upturn arrived a year later than anybody had promised.”

upturn is a change.

Where it comes from

Up plus turn; the economic sense came into use in the twentieth century.

Proto-Indo-European
*terh₁-
Middle English
upturnen
English, today
upturn

From Middle English upturnen, equivalent to up + turn.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA