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top, top side, upper side, upside
(noun) the highest or uppermost side of anything; “put your books on top of the desk”; “only the top side of the box was painted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
upside (plural upsides)
the highest or uppermost side or portion of something
a favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect
an upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc
• downside
upside
(informal) On the top of.
Source: Wiktionary
Up"side`, n.
Definition: The upper side; the part that is uppermost. To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes.
– Upside down. Etym: [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak. These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States