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bottom-up

bottom-up

9 6.0
A way that starts with small parts and moves to the whole
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɑːtəm ʌp/
translation icon : de abajo hacia arriba
  • Pop says he wants me to learn the business from the bottom up.
  • bottom-up approach
  • bottom-up strategy
  • bottom-up process

It's and it's, it is sort of bottom up, but also it's not that simple.

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Examples

  • Collectively, SWAPs represent a bottom-up approach to the nation's conservation priorities.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The program is driven both from top down and from bottom up.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And then we went through a bottom up study of each of those four steps.

  • But I think the best solution is that bottom up solution with school choice one.

  • I had to start all the way from the bottom up and you know, and start all over.

  • In other words, you must build your state from the bottom up.

    Academic text (2000)
  • But if you prefer, you can follow the bottom up approach.

  • So the idea is, what about bottom up approaches?

  • First, use a bottom-up approach founded on good governance, capable security forces, and engagement with local communities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The committee decided to adopt abottom-up approach to address community needs before implementing larger policies.

Synonyms

from the ground up
vsbottom-up
24 3.7

To build something completely from the very beginning

starts at detail and moves toward general or abstract ideas

Antonyms

9 6.0

A way that starts with a general idea and goes to details

How Bottom-Up

bottom-up
9 6.0
mixed
1 1.0
top-down
9 6.0

Surface Forms

bottom-up positive

Morphology

bottom-up = bottom (transparent) = up + bottom

A straightforward directional compound: starting from the 'bottom' and moving 'up' corresponds directly to the procedural meaning. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Bottom-up comes from the simple parts bottom ('the lowest part') and up ('to a higher level'), so it paints the image of moving from low to high. So a bottom-up method starts with small, basic pieces and then builds the larger whole, like making a tower from the ground up.