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/ju'pi/
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Definitions of up
  1. adjective
    getting higher or more vigorous
    "its an up market"

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    improving rising
  2. adverb
    to a later time
    "they moved the meeting date up" "from childhood upward"

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    upward upwards
  3. 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"

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    upward upwardly upwards
    Opposite:
    down
  4. adjective
    out of bed
    "up by seven each morning"

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    astir awake
  5. adjective
    extending or moving toward a higher place
    "the up staircase" "a general upward movement of fish"

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    upward ascending
  6. 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"

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    skyward sprouted upbound risen upward upfield heavenward in the lead leading ahead aweigh dormie dormy
    Opposite:
    down
  7. adjective
    open
    "the windows are up"

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    raised
  8. verb
    raise
    "up the ante"
    type of:
    increase
  9. adjective
    (used of computers) operating properly
    "how soon will the computers be up?"

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    functioning
  10. adjective
    used up
    "time is up"

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    finished
  11. adjective
    (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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    prepared
  12. to a higher intensity
    "he turned up the volume"
    Opposite:
    down
  13. to a more central or a more northerly place
    "was transferred up to headquarters" "up to Canada for a vacation"
    Opposite:
    down
Examples of up
  • "its an up market"
  • "they moved the meeting date up"
  • "from childhood upward"
  • "look up!"
  • "the music surged up"
  • "the fragments flew upwards"
  • "prices soared upwards"
  • "upwardly mobile"
  • "up by seven each morning"
  • "the up staircase"
  • "a general upward movement of fish"
  • "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"
  • "the windows are up"
  • "up the ante"
  • "how soon will the computers be up?"
  • "time is up"
  • "he was up on his homework"
  • "had to be up for the game"
  • "he turned up the volume"
  • "was transferred up to headquarters"
  • "up to Canada for a vacation"
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