UP

up, astir(p)

(adjective) out of bed; “are they astir yet?”; “up by seven each morning”

(adjective) used up; “time is up”

(adjective) (used of computers) operating properly; “how soon will the computers be up?”

(adjective) open; “the windows are up”

(adjective) (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness; “he was up on his homework”; “had to be up for the game”

improving, up

(adjective) getting higher or more vigorous; “its an up market”; “an improving economy”

(adjective) 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”

up, upwards, upward, upwardly

(adverb) 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”

up, upwards, upward

(adverb) to a later time; “they moved the meeting date up”; “from childhood upward”

(adverb) to a more central or a more northerly place; “was transferred up to headquarters”; “up to Canada for a vacation”

(adverb) nearer to the speaker; “he walked up and grabbed my lapels”

(adverb) to a higher intensity; “he turned up the volume”

(verb) raise; “up the ante”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Initialism of Upper Peninsula.

(India) Initialism of Uttar Pradesh.

(software) Initialism of Unified Process.

Hyponyms

• (software): RUP

Anagrams

• P U, PU

Etymology

Adverb

up (not comparable)

Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

(intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.

To or from one's possession or consideration.

North.

To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.

To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.

Aside, so as not to be in use.

(rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.

(sailing) Against the wind or current.

(Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.

(cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.

(hospitality, US) Without additional ice.

(UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.

Synonyms

• (away from the centre of the Earth): alley oop (rare)

Antonyms

• (away from the centre of the Earth): down

• (louder): down

• (higher in pitch): down

• (towards the principal terminus): down

Preposition

Toward the top of.

Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.

Further along (in any direction).

From south to north of

From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).

(vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.

(colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).

Antonyms

• (toward the top of): down

Adjective

up (not comparable)

Awake.

Finished, to an end

In a good mood.

Willing; ready.

Next in a sequence.

Happening; new.

Facing upwards; facing toward the top.

Larger; greater in quantity.

Ahead; leading; winning.

Standing.

On a higher level.

Available; made public.

(poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.

Well-informed; current.

(computing) Functional; working.

(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.

Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.

(bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.

(slang) Erect.

(of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)

(slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned

(horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.

Antonyms

• (facing upwards): down

• (on a higher level): down

• (computing: Functional): down

• (traveling towards a major terminus): down

Noun

up (usually uncountable, plural ups)

(uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

(countable) A positive thing.

An upstairs room of a two story house.

Usage notes

• Up is not commonly used as object of a preposition.

Antonyms

• (direction opposed to the pull of gravity): down

Verb

up (third-person singular simple present ups, present participle upping, simple past and past participle upped)

(transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.

Synonym: turn up

(transitive, colloquial) To promote.

(intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.

(intransitive) To ascend; to climb up.

(computing, slang, transitive) To upload.

Anagrams

• P U, PU

Source: Wiktionary

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