"upstep" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: upsteps [plural]
Etymology: up- + step Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|step}} up- + step Head templates: {{en-noun}} upstep (plural upsteps)
  1. An upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-upstep-en-noun-pDT3~gYy Disambiguation of Linguistics: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51

Verb

Forms: upsteps [present, singular, third-person], upstepping [participle, present], upstepped [participle, past], upstepped [past]
Etymology: up- + step Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|step}} up- + step Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} upstep (third-person singular simple present upsteps, present participle upstepping, simple past and past participle upstepped)
  1. To apply an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics Related terms: downstep
    Sense id: en-upstep-en-verb-meNKsBo~ Disambiguation of Linguistics: 46 54 Disambiguation of Phonetics: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 40 60

Inflected forms

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