crept
pronunciation
How to pronounce crept in British English:
UK [krept]
How to pronounce crept in American English:
US [krɛpt]
Word Origin
- crept
- past tense and past participle of creep (v.).
Example
- 1. Unemployment has crept up to 12 % , but that is half the levels in greece and serbia .
- 2. Between 2005 and 2007 , the last year for which statistics are available , it crept up 5 % .
- 3. According to the wfp , for instance , the number of malnourished people in the south has now crept up to 47 % of the population .
- 4. I crept away after the lunch wondering whether he was right .
- 5. Prices have generally crept higher in thursday electronic dealings .