cleanup

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈkliˌːnʌp/ 🇺🇸 /ˈkliːˌnʌp/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The act or process of cleaning up; the removal of dirt, mess, or unwanted substances from a place.; A thorough cleaning or tidying of a room, area, or environment.; The removal of corruption, crime, or undesirable elements from an organization or area.; In baseball, the fourth position in the batting order, typically occupied by a power hitter.; A large profit or financial gain, especially one obtained quickly or unexpectedly.; In computing, the process of removing temporary files, freeing memory, or releasing resources after a program or operation completes.; The final stage of a project or operation in which remaining tasks are completed and everything is put in order.
  2. adjective
    Relating to or designating the fourth batter in a baseball lineup.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: cleanups

Collocations

cleanup crewcleanup operationcleanup effortcleanup hittersite cleanupenvironmental cleanup

Derivatives

cleancleanercleaningcleanly

Synonyms

cleaningtidyingpurgeoverhaulclearance

Antonyms

messclutter

Commonly confused

clean up
EN: 'clean up' (two words) is the verb phrase; 'cleanup' (one word) is the noun or adjective.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse the noun/adjective 'cleanup' (one word) with the verb phrase 'clean up' (two words). The one-word form is never used as a verb.

💬 Examples

  1. The cleanup after the oil spill took several months to complete.

  2. We need to do a major cleanup of the garage this weekend.

  3. The new mayor promised a cleanup of city hall and its corrupt officials.

  4. He bats cleanup for the team and has hit 30 home runs this season.

  5. The company made a cleanup on the new product launch.

  6. The garbage collector handles memory cleanup automatically in Java.

  7. The construction crew is in the cleanup phase, removing scaffolding and debris.

  8. The cleanup hitter drove in three runs with a double in the fifth inning.