surge
pronunciation
How to pronounce surge in British English:
UK [sɜːdʒ]
How to pronounce surge in American English:
US [sɜːrdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden or abrupt strong increase
- a large sea wave
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- Verb:
- rise and move, as in waves or billows
- rise rapidly
- rise or move foward
- rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
- see one's performance improve
Word Origin
- surge
- surge: [15] Latin surgere meant literally ‘lead up from below’, hence ‘rise’ – it originated as a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘up from below’ and regere ‘rule’, hence ‘lead’ (source of English regiment, region, etc). English acquired it via Old Spanish surgir and Old French sourgir, by which time it had taken on watery associations, of waves heaving. Surgere also produced English resource [17], resurrection [13], and source.=> insurgent, rector, regiment, region, resource, resurrection, source
- surge (n.)
- late 15c., "fountain, stream," of uncertain origin, probably from Middle French sourge-, stem of sourdre "to rise, swell," from Latin surgere "to rise, arise, get up, mount up, ascend; attack," contraction of surrigere, from assimilated form of sub "up from below" (see sub-) + regere "to keep straight, guide" (see regal). Meaning "high, rolling swell of water" is from 1520s; figurative sense of "excited rising up" (as of feelings) is from 1510s.
- surge (v.)
- 1510s, "to rise and fall," from surge (n.), or from Middle French surgir "rise, ride (as a ship does a wave), spring up, arrive." Meaning "rise high and roll forcefully" is from 1560s. Related: Surged; surging.
Example
- 1. The surge in chinese demand is prompting acquisitions .
- 2. Gree is one example of the investment surge .
- 3. The upshot : anti-americanism will surge .
- 4. Last year saw a surge in social conservatism .
- 5. October 's surge helped many mutual funds bounce back from recent lows .