to jump
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5.1
- verb
- /dʒʌmp/
- It's really hard to jump between being a robot and a warm person.
- jump from one to another
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Watch on YouTubeIt's just like we're jumping from thought to thought as we do.
- It's just like we're jumping from thought to thought as we do.
- It's really hard to jump between being a robot and a warm person.
- Well, you're going from one function and you're jumping to the next function.
- We've got a couple that has three kids and we're jumping back and forth in time many more.
- And so it's difficult to figure out what your principles and values are because you're constantly jumping from one bucket to the next online.
- But jumping back and ignoring that, we come to the first landmark, which is the decoupling landmark.
- What do you think it is that you jump from different things from different people in that manner?
Examples
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Anyway, you guys jump from job to job anyway in your world, don't you?
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You know, I mean, we're, we're going to keep jumping around between terms through throughout this.
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And sometimes it seems that for every two steps ahead, we jump back three.
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It's just like we're jumping from thought to thought as we do.
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It's very convenient to stay on Google than to jump to another service.
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A large program may have a whole screenful of blocks, and you jump around a lot.
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Now that I have remarried, time is hard to manage, jumping from one task to another.
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He's been jumping between training camps in Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Romney gives a confusing and sprawling answer; he is so unfocused, jumping from subject to subject.
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In the presentation, we will jump from one topic to another to cover everything efficiently.
Synonyms
61
2.8
Change quickly and suddenly from one state to another
50
4.4
To move quickly from one topic or state to another
40
3.3
To take turns doing something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
16
5.0
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
- Informal
8
8.2
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Slang
7
9.4
To start to get worse after a silly or big change, for example in a TV show
- Informal
1
7.8
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
- Offensive
1
9.9
A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it
- Informal
1
8.3
To join a business or project that is likely to fail even though there are clear risks
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
76
3.9
Decide quickly about someone or something without enough information
5
3.7
To start a car engine that has a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
Compounds
8
2.6
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
7
4.0
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
3
4.1
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
- Specialized
2
6.8
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
- Jargon
1
9.9
A machine in science fiction that lets ships travel instantly between distant stars
- Specialized
1
7.6
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
- Specialized
1
8.5
A sudden change in an electron's energy level when it gains or loses energy
- Specialized
1
7.5
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
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6.6
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jump meaning to switch rapidly between states comes from the idea of jumping from one place to another, so thinking of quick leaps helps remember changing back and forth fast.