UP
\ˈʌp], \ˈʌp], \ˈʌ_p]\
Definitions of UP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"
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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"
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to a more central or a more northerly place; "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation"
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to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume"
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open; "the windows are up"
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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"
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extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
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(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game"
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used up; "time is up"
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(used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"
By Princeton University
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getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"
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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"
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to a more central or a more northerly place; "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation"
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to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume"
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open; "the windows are up"
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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"
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extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
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(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game"
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used up; "time is up"
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(used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
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From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.
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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.
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Upon.
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Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
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Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; - the opposite of down.
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The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; - rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
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From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.
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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.
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Upon.
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Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
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Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; - the opposite of down.
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The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; - rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
By Noah Webster.
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To a higher place on; as, toward the source of; as, up the river.
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Higher in motion, direction, or position: into being or action; as, to start up an argument; into notice; completely or to a finished state; as, to bring up a child; not behind or worse than: with to or with; as, to keep up with the times; away or in safety.
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Leading to a higher place; finished; as, the time is up.
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Fortunate occurrences: used only in the expression ups and downs.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Toward a higher place: a loft: on high: from a lower to a higher position, as out of bed, above the horizon, etc.: in a higher position: in a condition of elevation, advance, excitement, etc.: as far as: completely. from a lower to a higher place on or along. -Used substantively, as in the ups and downs of life.
By Daniel Lyons
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Aloft; on high; to a higher position; in a high or higher position; as far as; completely.
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From a lower to a higher place; on or along.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Moving or sloping upward.
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That which is up; chiefly in the phrase ups and downs.
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Toward a higher place or level.
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In or on a higher place.
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In or to an upright position; risen from bed.
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So as to be level (to) or even (with) in space, degree, etc.
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Aroused; astir.
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In or into promienence.
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At an end or close.
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From a lower to a higher point or place.
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At, on, or near a higner place or part of.
By James Champlin Fernald
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adv. [Anglo Saxon, Icelandic, Gothic] Aloft; on high ; toward a higher place ; in a higher position; above;-hence, from a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively—used with verbs of motion; —in a higher place or position—used with verbs of rest, situation, and the like;—to or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, less than, away from, or the like—usually followed by to or with; —completely; wholly; quite.
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n. The state of being un or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, and the like.
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