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

regular · Lesson

Base formupstep · to upstep
3rd person singularupsteps
Present participleupstepping
Past simpleupstepped
Past participleupstepped

Tenses

upstep · upstepped · will upstep · have upstepped

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upstep

Past simpleLesson

all personsupstepped

Word family

1 related words
Relateddownstep

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upstartupstateupstream

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