ramp-up

noun

ˈramp-ˌəp 

: buildup, increase

Examples of ramp-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The tech and retail giant has reserved 38 launches on Vulcan rockets and funded the construction of a dedicated new rocket assembly hangar at Cape Canaveral to support the ramp-up of Vulcan’s launch cadence. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026

The company says those technologies can double production ramp-up speed compared with previous manufacturing lines. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

There has been some industrial ramp-up in sectors including electronics and aerospace over the past year, but so far not at a broad enough scale to reshape the factory sector. — Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 2 July 2026

In my observation, ramp-up times often exceed eight weeks, which means that the typical summer intern is only achieving meaningful output for, at best, the final two to four weeks. — Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

derivative of the phrasal verb ramp up — more at ramp entry 2

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ramp-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup