Meaning

1 senses

  1. To apply an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

Forms

upsteps, upstepping, upstepped, upstepped
Base formupstep · to upstep
3rd person singularupsteps
Present participleupstepping
Past simpleupstepped
Past participleupstepped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyupstep
he, she, itupsteps

Past simpleLesson

all personsupstepped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave upstepped
he, she, ithas upstepped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upstep

Word family

1 related words
Relateddownstep

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upstartupstateupstream
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