upsets
upsets is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, upsets is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofupsets
- Disturbance or disruption.
Example: "My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset."
- An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
Example: ""collision and upset": impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason."
- An upset stomach.
- An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
- The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
- To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
Example: "I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know."
- To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
Example: "Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance."
- To tip or overturn (something).
- To defeat unexpectedly.
Example: "Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election."
- To be upset or knocked over.
Example: "The carriage upset when the horse bolted."
- To set up; to put upright.
- To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
- To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
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