adj
Meaning 1
That increases a voltage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a step-up transformer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: stepdown, step-down
Standard Lemma guide
step-up
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noun
Meaning 2
A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exercise, movement
noun
Meaning 3
An increase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: stepdown, step-down
noun
Meaning 4
A phenomenon whereby the growth in market value of an asset or investment is not taxed under certain circumstances, generally involving buying and holding until the buyer's death, followed by inheritance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, especially
Topics: economics, government, sciences, taxation
Examples
- a step-up in basis
- on a step-up basis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the act of increasing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he gave me an increase in salary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: increase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of magnitude
Narrower terms: addition, advance, rise, appreciation, surge, upsurge, augmentation, amplification, expansion, enlargement, escalation, maximization, maximisation, maximation, exaggeration, expanding upon, accumulation, accrual, accruement, inclusion, aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation, strengthening, intensification, split, stock split, split up
History
Etymology
Deverbal from step up.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 升壓 /升压 (shēng yā) — voltage increase
- Finnish: jännitettä nostava — voltage increase
- Vietnamese: tăng thế — voltage increase
- Finnish: penkille nousu — leg-stemming lift
- Finnish: askellus — leg-stemming lift
- German: Treppensteigen — leg-stemming lift
- German: Treppensteiger — leg-stemming lift
- German: Aufsteiger — leg-stemming lift
- Russian: заша́гивание (zašágivanije) — leg-stemming lift
- Russian: заша́гивание на возвы́шенность (zašágivanije na vozvýšennostʹ) — leg-stemming lift
- Russian: заша́гивание на платфо́рму (zašágivanije na platfórmu) — leg-stemming lift
- Russian: заша́гивание на ла́вку (zašágivanije na lávku) — leg-stemming lift
- Russian: заша́гивание вверх (zašágivanije vverx) — leg-stemming lift
- Swedish: trappsteg — leg-stemming lift