Groundswell
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Groundswell is a noun meaning (nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
Meaning
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
More Meanings
- (by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
Example Sentences
The public’s endorsement of the war lacks the patriotic groundswell that greeted the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Investments in research, deployment and scaling existing technologies are the initial ripples that will have to build to a groundswell of further action.
The 1987 book British Piers was written at a time when Britain's seaside resorts were perhaps at their lowest ebb, with a groundswell of support for rejuvenation and conservation just beginning.
An astonishing groundswell of support for the new Democratic frontrunner, Barack Obama, is threatening to sweep Hillary Clinton away in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary election of the 2008 presidential contest tomorrow.
Word Forms
- groundswells
- ground swell
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tide, undercurrent, spate, current, flow, wave.
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