jump
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3.5
- noun
- /dʒʌmp/
:
salto
- But how did you make the jump from scarcity to abundance mindset?
- make the jump
We need to understand how the time jump factors in to the goal.
- We need to understand how the time jump factors in to the goal.
- Let's do a jump to this guy here.
- Well, that won't work if we have a large jump in XY or T.
Examples
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We'll be safe enough, once we make the jump to hyperspace.
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I thought I'd go early today, get a jump on my studies.
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And then from there I made the jump to high school.
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We need to understand how the time jump factors in to the goal.
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So I made the jump to travel nursing.
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- I heard you're making the jump from stage to screen, congratulations.
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Her Lady M., Sally Rath, was a talented amateur but unlikely to make the jump to professional.
Fiction book (1998) -
Solar power in Uganda is seen as providing a 100-year jump in the development of rural villages.
Academic text (2001) -
After preparing for months, she finally made the jump from student to teacher.
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He experienced a big jump in his career after receiving that promotion.
Synonyms
131
3.2
A sudden big change or increase
64
3.8
A sudden hard movement that shocks or surprises you
31
2.6
A quick toss or turn of something
6
3.3
A quick move from one state to another
3
9.9
A sudden end to something that is happening
A sudden change from one state to another
A sudden arrival that changes a place or mood, for example spring
Idioms
- Informal
20
5.0
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
- Informal
4
8.2
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Slang
4
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
A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it
- Informal
To join a business or project that is likely to fail even though there are clear risks
Compounds
4
2.6
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
- Specialized
3
4.1
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
2
4.0
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
1
6.8
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Jargon
A machine in science fiction that lets ships travel instantly between distant stars
- Specialized
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
- Specialized
A sudden change in an electron's energy level when it gains or loses energy
- Specialized
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
How Abrupt
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jump meaning an abrupt transition comes from that same idea of a leap, so making the 'jump' to a new level is moving quickly into a new state.