verb · academic
climb
/klaɪm/CLIMB
task1
to go up steadily or by degrees on a chart or over time
Examples
“The proportion of online shoppers climbed steadily between 2010 and 2019.”
“Car sales climbed to their highest level in five years.”
“Residential prices climbed by about 8% last year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Over the decade the unemployment rate climbed consistently, reflecting long‑term structural changes in the labour market.”
Collocations
- climb steadily
- climb to (a level)
- a steady climb
Word family
climb nounclimbed verb (past)climbing verb / adjective
Common mistakes
The number of students climb to 30%.→The number of students climbs to 30%.
Sales climbed up to 200 units.→Sales climbed to 200 units.
Say it for a higher band
5go up→6grow→7+climb
Synonyms
go up
grow
Easily confused
spike
“In July website traffic spiked because of a viral post.”
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