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adjective (a)

  • being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level(adj.all)
    Example:
    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.
    Antonym:
    down
    source: wordnet30
  • Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

preposition (pre)

  • From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.(preposition)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position(adv.all)
    Example:
    Look up!.
    The music surged up.
    The fragments flew upwards.
    Prices soared upwards.
    Upwardly mobile.
    Synonym:
    upward, upwardly, upwards
    Antonym:
    down, downward, downwardly, downwards
    source: wordnet30
  • to a higher intensity(adv.all)
    Example:
    He turned up the volume.
    source: wordnet30
  • nearer to the speaker(adv.all)
    Example:
    He walked up and grabbed my lapels.
    source: wordnet30
  • to a more central or a more northerly place(adv.all)
    Example:
    Was transferred up to headquarters.
    Up to Canada for a vacation.
    source: wordnet30
  • to a later time(adv.all)
    Example:
    They moved the meeting date up.
    From childhood upward.
    source: wordnet30
  • Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • out of bed(adj.all)
    Example:
    Up by seven each morning.
    Synonym:
    astir
    source: wordnet30
  • getting higher or more vigorous(adj.all)
    Example:
    Its an up market.
    Synonym:
    improving
    source: wordnet30
  • extending or moving toward a higher place(adj.all)
    Example:
    The up staircase.
    A general upward movement of fish.
    Synonym:
    upward
    source: wordnet30
  • (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness(adj.all)
    Example:
    He was up on his homework.
    Had to be up for the game.
    source: wordnet30
  • open(adj.all)
    Example:
    The windows are up.
    source: wordnet30
  • (used of computers) operating properly(adj.all)
    Example:
    How soon will the computers be up?.
    source: wordnet30
  • used up(adj.all)
    Example:
    Time is up.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

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