Definition of up Up
/ʌˈp/ - [up] -
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Verb |
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| up - raise; "up the ante" | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
Adjectiveup, uper, upest |
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| up - being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up" | ||
| down not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" | ||
| ascending moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed" | ||
| high happy and excited and energetic | ||
| ahead, in the lead, leading having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race" | ||
| aweigh (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom | ||
| dormie, dormy in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played; "he was dormie three and still lost the match" | ||
| heavenward, skyward directed toward heaven or the sky; "the soul in its heavenward flight" | ||
| risen (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen sun" | ||
| sprouted (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground; "the corn is sprouted" | ||
| upbound heading in any direction that is conventionally up; "upbound shipping lanes" | ||
| upfield away from the defending teams' end of the playing field | ||
| up - (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?" | ||
| functioning performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight" | ||
| up - used up; "time is up" | ||
| up - open; "the windows are up" | ||
| up - (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game" | ||
| up - extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" | ||
| upward | ||
Adverb |
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| up - spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" | ||
| upwards, upward, upwardly | ||
| downward, downwardly, downwards, down spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" | ||
| up - to a more central or a more northerly place; "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation" | ||
| up - to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume" | ||
| up - to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" | ||
| upwards, upward | ||
| up - nearer to the speaker; "he walked up and grabbed my lapels" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- up (Noun)
The direction opposed to the pull of gravity. - up (Noun)
A positive thing. - up (Verb)
To increase or raise. - up (Verb)
To promote. - up (Verb)
To act suddenly, usually with another verb. - up (Adverb)
Away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity. - up (Adverb)
North. - up (Adverb)
Higher in pitch. - up (Adverb)
Larger, greater. - up (Adverb)
In quantity. - up (Adverb)
Sales are up from last quarter. - up (Adverb)
In price. - up (Adverb)
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets. - up (Adverb)
In volume of sound, louder. - up (Adverb)
Turn it up, I can barely hear. - up (Adverb)
Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero. - up (Adverb)
Against the wind or current. - up (Adverb)
In a positive vertical direction. - up (Adverb)
Relatively close to the batsman. - up (Adverb)
Without the use of additional ice. - up (Adverb)
Towards Cambridge or Oxford. - up (Adjective)
Awake. - up (Adjective)
Finished, to an end. - up (Adjective)
In a good mood. - up (Adjective)
Willing; ready. - up (Adjective)
Next in a sequence. - up (Adjective)
Happening; new. - up (Adjective)
Facing upwards; facing toward the top. - up (Adjective)
Standing. - up (Adjective)
On a higher level. - up (Adjective)
Available; made public. - up (Adjective)
Of a person, informed about; abreast of; current. - up (Adjective)
Functional; working. - up (Adjective)
Traveling towards a major terminus. - up (Adjective)
Headed, or designated for going, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc. - up (Adjective)
Served chilled and strained into a stemmed glass. - up (Adjective)
Erect. - up (Adjective)
Above the horizon, in the sky. - up (Adjective)
well-known; renowned.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- up (adv.)
Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down. - up (adv.)
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied. - up (adv.)
In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up. - up (adv.)
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements. - up (adv.)
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent. - up (adv.)
Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons. - up (prep.)
From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of. - up (prep.)
From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson. - up (prep.)
Upon. - up (n.)
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs. - up (a.)
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
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The direction that is away from the centre of the Earth. -
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Towards the direction that is away from the centre of the Earth (indicates a movement).
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