Definitions for step-up

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step-up step-up

Spelling: [step-uhp]

IPA: /ˈstɛpˌʌp/

Step-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in step-up (-eppstu).

Definitions for step-up

noun

1. an increase or rise in the rate or quantity of something.

adjective

1. effecting an increase.
2. Electricity. serving to increase voltage:
3. (of a lease) allowing for gradual rent increases to the highest amount permissible.

Origin of step-up

First recorded in 1890-95; adj., noun use of verb phrase step up

Examples for step-up

It was attached to a step-up transformer that converted the current to 230 volts.

The transformation from a relatively low voltage to the high one is effected by means of what is called a step-up transformer.

The former is called "step-up" while the latter is a "step-down" transformer.

Barely touched 'em—current something less than a thousandth of a micro-ampere on a million to one step-up.