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rocket

/ˈrɑkət/ /ˈrɒkɪt/
verb Regular verbrocket rocketed
  1. 1
    fırlamak, tavan yapmak, hızla artmak

    To increase very quickly and suddenly, about prices, numbers or amounts.

    • House prices have rocketed in the last two years.
      Son iki yılda konut fiyatları fırladı.
    • Sales rocketed after the advert appeared on TV.
      Reklam televizyonda yayınlandıktan sonra satışlar tavan yaptı.
  2. 2
    (zirveye, şöhrete) hızla yükselmek, bir anda ünlenmek

    To become successful or famous very quickly.

    • The song rocketed to number one in its first week.
      Şarkı ilk haftasında hızla bir numaraya yükseldi.
    • The band rocketed to fame after a single TV show.
      Grup tek bir televizyon programından sonra bir anda ünlendi.
  3. 3
    ok gibi gitmek, son hızla ilerlemek

    To move very fast in a particular direction.

    • The train rocketed through the tunnel.
      Tren tünelden ok gibi geçti.
    • The ball rocketed past the goalkeeper into the net.
      Top kalecinin yanından ok gibi ağlara gitti.

Verb Forms Regular

Base rocket
/ˈrɑkət/
Past rocketed
/ˈrɑkətɪd/
Participle rocketed
/ˈrɑkətɪd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edrocket → rocketed

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil /t/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed ayrı bir hece olur ve /ɪd/ okunur. rocketed /ˈrɑkətɪd/

Synonyms

soarshoot upskyrocketsurgezoomspeed

Antonyms

plummetplungeslump

Collocations

prices rocketrocket to famerocket to the toprocket to number onerocket past someonerocket up

Related Words

soarskyrocketsurge

Phrases 9

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