verb / noun · academic
surge
UK/sɜːdʒ/US/sɜrdʒ/SURGE
task1
a sudden, large increase (can be noun or verb)
Examples
“There was a sudden surge in online sales after the promotion.”
“Prices surged by 20% within weeks.”
“A surge in demand caused short-term shortages.”
Band 8 sentence
“Website traffic surged by over 300% within 48 hours of the campaign going live.”
Collocations
- a surge in demand / a surge in prices
- surge to (a level)
Word family
surge nounsurge verbsurging adj/verb
Common mistakes
increase suddenly→surge
a surge on demand→a surge in demand
Say it for a higher band
5increase a lot→6go up a lot→7+surge
Synonyms
soar
Easily confused
rise
“There was a sudden surge in demand for masks during the pandemic.”
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