Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To come up with a "pop" sound.

    The toast is in the toaster - when it pops up it will be ready.

  2. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive)To appear without warning.

    I can't remember where I left my keys, but they normally pop up somewhere.

    auftauchen, aufkreuzen

    appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly

  3. (intransitive)(Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen.

    And then up popped on my screen something truly bizarre.

  4. (transitive)To display as an alert, advertisement, etc. that suddenly appears on screen.

    My computer just popped up a warning about Internet security.

Examples

52 sentences
  1. Is there any way I can prevent these annoying pop-up ads?

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  2. Problems keep popping up.

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  3. Where did you pop up from?

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  4. Weird messages started to pop up.

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  5. Click OK on the pop-up window.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to appear without warning:

Forms

pops up, popping up, popped up, popped up
Base formpop up · to pop up
3rd person singularpops up
Present participlepopping up
Past simplepopped up
Past participlepopped up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypop up
he, she, itpops up

Past simpleLesson

all personspopped up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave popped up
he, she, ithas popped up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pop up

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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