creep up/creep upwards

creep up/creep upwards
UK US creep up/creep upwards
Phrasal Verb with creep({{}}/kriːp/ verb [I]
if the value or amount of something creeps up, it slowly increases: »

Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost 7%.

»

Demand is continuing to creep upwards.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • creep upwards — UK US creep up/creep upwards Phrasal Verb with creep({{}}/kriːp/ verb [I] ► if the value or amount of something creeps up, it slowly increases: »Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost 7%. »Demand is continuing to creep… …   Financial and business terms

  • creep up — UK US creep up/creep upwards Phrasal Verb with creep({{}}/kriːp/ verb [I] ► if the value or amount of something creeps up, it slowly increases: »Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost 7%. »Demand is continuing to creep… …   Financial and business terms

  • creep — 1. noun /kriːp/ a) The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails) Christmas creep. Feature creep. Instruction creep. Mission creep. b) A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.… …   Wiktionary

  • creep — North Country (Newcastle) Words a heaving or bursting upwards of the floor of a coal mine …   English dialects glossary

  • ἀνέρπῃ — ἀνέρπω creep upwards pres subj mp 2nd sg ἀνέρπω creep upwards pres ind mp 2nd sg ἀνέρπω creep upwards pres subj act 3rd sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • ἀνερπύσαι — ἀνέρπω creep upwards aor inf act (attic) ἀνερπύσαῑ , ἀνέρπω creep upwards aor opt act 3rd sg (attic) ἀνερπύζω aor inf act ἀνερπύσαῑ , ἀνερπύζω aor opt act 3rd sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • ἀνερπύσαντα — ἀνέρπω creep upwards aor part act neut nom/voc/acc pl (attic) ἀνέρπω creep upwards aor part act masc acc sg (attic) ἀνερπύζω aor part act neut nom/voc/acc pl ἀνερπύζω aor part act masc acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • ἀνεῖρπον — ἀνέρπω creep upwards imperf ind act 3rd pl ἀνέρπω creep upwards imperf ind act 1st sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • ἀνέρπει — ἀνέρπω creep upwards pres ind mp 2nd sg ἀνέρπω creep upwards pres ind act 3rd sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • ἀνέρπον — ἀνέρπω creep upwards pres part act masc voc sg ἀνέρπω creep upwards pres part act neut nom/voc/acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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