Used in a Sentence

ramp

How to use ramp in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ramp.

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You hired a bright kid a week ago, but he's going to need time to ramp up.

Examples11
Definitions8
Parts of speech2

Quick take

an inclined surface connecting two levels

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ramp gathered in one view.

noun

an inclined surface connecting two levels

noun

North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers

noun

a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ramp.

noun

an inclined surface connecting two levels

noun

North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers

noun

a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft

verb

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

verb

furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"

verb

be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"

verb

creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall"

verb

stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

Example sentences

1

You hired a bright kid a week ago, but he's going to need time to ramp up.

2

I can't wait to move there!I'm quite certain that Elon plans to have a massive ramp-up in trips to Mars over the next 5 years.

3

The only way you get those is through a rock solid codebase that's so boring you can ramp up the new guy in two days.

4

Thus in order to earn the high pay you must work long hours, and you must work many productive hours on top of a base of ramping-up hours.

5

The bill finally showed up right before the summer break, meaning I could ramp up my work hours and work weekends and nights on a second job.

6

It's an incredibly complex job to schedule power station ramp-ups and ramp-downs while still balancing the load, but for the most part it's handled by the NEM.

7

Most modern MacBook Pros actually have the ability to ramp up the CPU's draw when on AC power so high that even when plugged in, they will cause battery drain.

8

And possibly because the regulations around commercial DNA testing is out of date, maybe, but it is what it is.>Last spring 23andMe began to ramp up the marketing efforts behind its DNA kits.

9

So I found a way to stop the game from loading anything other than level data and I could briefly see a strange silver ramp level with blue skies, but I would fall and die immediately.

10

If HP and Hynix are not ramping to high volume, it's because they are not ready, not some stupid conspiracy theory that they want to stagnate the development of cloud-buzzword "technology".

11

I'm an expert in my field, I have a PhD in it, if someone asked me to do machine learning or data mining or image processing, it would be a huge ramp up time for me, say about 2 or 3 years to get to the point of expertise I have in my current field.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ramp in a sentence?

You hired a bright kid a week ago, but he's going to need time to ramp up.

What does ramp mean?

an inclined surface connecting two levels

What part of speech is ramp?

ramp is commonly used as noun, verb.