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How to pronounce “surge”

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Pronunciation guide for surge

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of surge with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
What If the Climate Movement Felt like a House Party?and with a crazy surge in oil and gas exploration
Definition summary
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

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How to pronounce surge

What If the Climate Movement Felt like a House Party?

and with a crazy surge in oil and gas exploration

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “surge”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
  • The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
  • (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
  • (aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
  • (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea (FM 55-501).
  • (US, naval, often attributive) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
  • (obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
  • The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
  • [Verb]
  • (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
  • To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
  • (intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
  • (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.

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