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A complete guide to the word "SPRING UP": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
To appear, arise, or become available very suddenly. Problems started springing up as soon as the software went live. The next page should spring up in a moment, just give it a second to load. Cafés and boutique shops have been springing up all over this part of town in recent months. See also: spring, up.
"spring up" is correct and can be used in written English. It is usually used as an intransitive verb meaning to appear or arise suddenly, as in the following example sentence: "The idea to have a picnic sprang up in my mind out of nowhere.".
come into existence; take on form or shape. “a love that sprang up from friendship”. synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, uprise. develop. be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest. see more.
The most common meaning of the phrasal verb spring up is to appear suddenly or unexpectedly. It is often used to describe the sudden emergence of new things, such as businesses, ideas, or plants.
spring up (third-person singular simple present springs up, present participle springing up, simple past sprang up, past participle sprung up) ( intransitive ) To appear suddenly. ( intransitive , figuratively ) To come rapidly into existence.
