up
IPA: ˈʌp
noun
- (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- (countable) A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
- (particle physics) An up quark.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
- Initialism of Upper Peninsula. [The northern of the two peninsulas that make up the US state of Michigan.]
- (religion) Initialism of United Presbyterian.
- (India) Initialism of Uttar Pradesh. [A state in northern India. Capital: Lucknow.]
- (software) Initialism of Unified Process.
- (Philippines) Initialism of University of the Philippines.
- Initialism of unqualified prospect. [A person or company that is a potential client for a sale, but who has not been previously vetted.]
- Initialism of university press.
verb
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To ascend; to climb up.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
adjective
- Facing upwards.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Aloft.
- Raised; lifted.
- Built, constructed.
- Standing; upright.
- (obsolete) Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Finished, to an end
- In a good mood.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Next in a sequence.
- (not used attributively) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- (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.
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice.
- (slang) Erect.
- (UK) At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
adverb
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- 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.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- (UK, academia, dated) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
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Examples of "up" in Sentences
- · To get up from the ground, the child walks up his thighs with his hands.
- *Wake up, wake up* Fans teh donkey wif a luvly fezzer fan madid owt ov wild canary goldfinsh fezzers… and calls teh auto CCC…
- We must work tirelessly to make sure that every boy and girl in America who is up for adoption has a family waiting up* to reach him or her.
- Yes, -- and, to confirm my suspicions, here rattle in the drums and pipe in the fifes, wooing us to get up, _get up_, with music too peremptory to be harmonious.
- That is, close up, shut up, or, as is said now, "bung up," -- emphatically, "We kept true time;" and the probability is, that in saying this, Sir Toby would accompany the words with the action of pushing an imaginary door; or _sneck up_.
- I am all caught up on my Telly shows, and most of my comics now - I still haven't read Batman RIP so I have no idea if it ties into the events of Final Crisis or if he's absent from Robin for another reason altogether *throws hands up* does anyone know?
- Promoted to Headline (H2) on 4/4/09: GM battle 'hotting up' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'GM battle \'hotting up\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: India is trying to fend off GMOs, just as there is a renewed thrust on pushing GM crops in the United States, the UK, and in Europe. '
- Marley and Me: 'Two paws up' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Marley and Me: \'Two paws up\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The wonderful new movie Marley and Me shows that animals are a part of the family, for better or for worse, and when we bring them into our homes, we are making a lifetime commitment.
- However, the most important person in any such crime like in all crimes, of course is the victim, and if the victim says: "shut up about it because *you continuing to bring it up* upsets me, it was a long time ago and I don't want to have it splashed on the front pages now", that's exactly what should be done.
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