to spin up
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5.2
- phrasal verb
- /spɪn ʌp/
- Specialized
:
iniciar
- The team will spin up a new application to support our marketing campaigns this week.
- spin up the FTL
Examples
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To accommodate the growing demand, we need to spin up additional servers by tomorrow.
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I can spin up YABB on a $7 a month 1&1 hosting account in less than an hour if I have an audience that wants it.
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Typically, IT groups would spin up SharePoint and, since its internal competition was a Windows File Share, users would start keeping files there.
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My suggestion to you, then, is to really evaluate your options before you spin up 50 new EC2 instances.
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The other machine takes about 180 seconds even for the VMs to spin up, and that's with delayed start configured on the virtual machines.
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And I've been working with Picloud and Flask to spin up a customization tool that I'll be adding to the website next year.
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Once the hardware is installed, make sure to spin up the database for our project.
Synonyms
550
1.0
To make a machine or device start working
262
3.5
To start working after being switched on
57
1.1
Start working, like lights or an alarm
55
3.5
Turn on a computer or other device so it starts working
38
3.0
To make a machine or system begin to work
28
4.5
To start a computer and load its operating system
14
5.5
Start a computer's operating system so it can run
9
4.7
To make something begin or become active quickly and with energy
4
3.8
To start something quickly and give it extra energy to grow
2
4.4
To start a machine by turning a handle
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8.1
To start a machine or computer so it is ready to use
To set up a device or program so it is ready to use
Start a computer by loading the program that runs it
Antonyms
How Fast
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3.7
- Specialized
3
5.2
∞
1.0
- Specialized
28
4.5
- Specialized
1
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to start or initialize a system' is partly inferable because 'spin' (set in motion) combined with the particle 'up' (activate/increase) follows a common verb+up pattern that signals starting or intensifying. However, the specialized computing usage is metaphorical and technical—its exact meaning (bringing a server/resource online) is not fully predictable to a B1 learner without exposure, so only partial transparency applies.
Etymology
Spin up comes from the image of a machine or motor that must spin until it is working. So to spin up a computer service means to make it 'start' and be 'ready' for use.