If there is an ~ in something, there is a sudden, large increase in it. (FORMAL)
...the ~ in oil prices...
Saudi bankers say there’s been an ~ of business confidence since the end of the war.
N-SING: oft N in/of n
If there is an ~ in something, there is a sudden, large increase in it. (FORMAL)
...the ~ in oil prices...
Saudi bankers say there’s been an ~ of business confidence since the end of the war.
N-SING: oft N in/of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012