ramp-up

Vocabulary Word

Definition

'Ramp-up' refers to a significant increase or improvement in the rate, scale or intensity of something. If you've been going to the gym three days a week and you decide to go five days a week, you're ramping up your gym time.

Examples in Different Contexts

For social impact projects, 'ramp-up' may involve increasing outreach. A project leader might say, 'We're ramping up our community engagement efforts to spread awareness about our environmental initiative.'

Practice Scenarios

Business

Scenario:

Our sales team just landed a large order. We’ll need to adjust our production plan to fulfill it in time.

Response:

In light of the large order, we need to ramp up our production pace to meet the deadline.

Academics

Scenario:

Our application for the research grant was successful. Now we need to get moving on our project.

Response:

You're right, it's time to ramp up our research work to meet the project timelines.