run-up

Questions about run-up

What does run-up mean?

run-up means "a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in run-up?

run-up has 2 syllables: ru-n-up. The stress falls on "ru".

What is another word for run-up?

Close synonyms include runup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run-up a common word?

run-up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.