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to ramp production

to ramp production

3 5.0
To increase production to make more goods when demand rises
  • phrasal verb
  • Specialized
translation icon : aumentar la producción
  • To meet the growing demand, we need to ramp up production of the new model immediately.

Tesla, you know, is, is ramping up its production so quickly.

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Examples

  • I just saw that GM and Ford are ramping up production to meet expected higher demand in 2010.

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  • GM CEO Dan Akerson said last December that, "We want to ramp Volt production to roughly 60,000 in 2012."

    Blog text (21)
  • How do we go through and ramp up the production and sales to take advantage of it, for example?

  • Uh, gentlemen, I suggest we ramp up production.

  • I guarantee you will have them just as soon as we can ramp up production.

  • Tesla, you know, is, is ramping up its production so quickly.

  • When oil is expensive, the US ramps up production by a small amount compared to its net imports.

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  • As the brewery ramps up production, it will add deliveries to Richmond shops and restaurants.

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  • And it has plans to ramp up volume production once it secures additional funding, said Rick Woodbury, the company's president.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Reuss was asked why GM is being so slow in ramping up Volt production, considering how much demand there is.

    Blog text (21)

Synonyms

to step up
vsto ramp production
74 3.4

Make something greater in amount, speed or strength

is specifically a planned manufacturing increase in response to demand
to ramp up
vsto ramp production
47 4.1

To increase something, especially its amount or speed

is a planned manufacturing rate rise usually tied to demand or project stages
to drive up
vsto ramp production
39 3.9

To make prices rise to a higher level, often quickly

is a planned manufacturing rise due to demand not a sudden price move
to boost production
vsto ramp production
3 3.2

Increase how much a company or factory makes

is a phased rise in output often triggered by higher demand

Antonyms

1.6

To make something smaller in amount, size, or number

How Fast

to ramp production
  • Specialized
3 5.0

Surface Forms

ramp production infinitive
ramped production past participle
ramping production present participle
ramps production third person singular

Morphology

ramp + production

The meaning 'to increase the level or rate of production' is directly derivable from combining 'ramp' (to increase in stages) with 'production' (output); a learner who knows both words can infer this sense as a straightforward verb + noun composition. The phrase parallels the common construction 'ramp up production' and aligns with cross-linguistic ways of expressing an increase in output, so the relation is transparent.

Etymology

The verb ramp production comes from the image of a ramp, a sloped road or platform that helps things go up quickly. So to ramp production is to push output 'up' quickly, meaning 'to increase production'.