verb, noun
verb [V]
1 [+adv./prep.] to move quickly and forcefully in a particular direction:
The gates opened and the crowd surged forward. * Flood waters surged into their homes. * He surged past the other runners on the last lap.
2 [usually +adv./prep.] to fill sb with a strong feeling:
Relief surged through her.
3 (of prices, profits, etc.) to suddenly increase in value:
Share prices surged.
relatednounUPSURGE
Part of speech: noun
1 ~ (of sth) a sudden increase of a strong feeling:
She felt a sudden surge of anger. * a surge of excitement / panic / relief
seealsoUPSURGE
2 ~ (in / of sth) a sudden increase in the amount or number of sth; a large amount of sth:
a surge in consumer spending * We are having trouble keeping up with the recent surge in demand. * After an initial surge of interest, there has been little call for our services.
seealsoUPSURGE
3 ~ (of sth) a sudden, strong forward or upward movement:
a tidal surge * A surge of people poured through the gates.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for surge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is surge a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, surge is tagged as noun.
Does surge appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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