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surge
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[səːdʒ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide
(e.g: flooding caused by tidal surges)
- a sudden large increase, typically a temporary one
(e.g: the firm predicted a 20% surge in sales)
- a powerful rush of an emotion or feeling
(e.g: Sophie felt a surge of anger)
- a major deployment of military forces to reinforce those already in a particular area
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Origin
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late 15th century (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’
[səːdʒ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward
(e.g: the journalists surged forward)
- increase suddenly and powerfully
(e.g: shares surged to a record high)
- (of an emotion or feeling) affect someone powerfully and suddenly
(e.g: indignation surged up within her)
- (of a rope, chain, or windlass) slip back with a jerk
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 15th century (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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