how to pronounce upturn

/ˈʌp.tɜːn/

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upturn is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of upturn in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and the broader economic upturn will be …”

meanings of upturn

noun:

An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit.

verb:

To turn (something) up or over.

upturn frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word upturn occurs in english on average 2.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics upturn can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that upturn can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;