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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an upward movement or trend as in business activity; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Upturn \Up*turn"\, v. t.
   To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the
   ground in plowing. "A sea of upturned faces." --D. Webster.
   [1913 Webster]

         So scented the grim feature, and upturned
         His nostril wide into the murky air.     --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

upturn
    n 1: an upward movement or trend as in business activity