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"its an up market"adjectivegetting higher or more vigorous
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"they moved the meeting date up" "from childhood upward"adverbto a later time
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"look up!" "the music surged up" "the fragments flew upwards" "prices soared upwards" "upwardly mobile"adverbspatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher positionOpposite:
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"up by seven each morning"adjectiveout of bed
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"the up staircase" "a general upward movement of fish"adjectiveextending or moving toward a higher place
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"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"adjectivebeing or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
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"the windows are up"adjectiveopen
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"up the ante"verbraisetype of:
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"how soon will the computers be up?"adjective(used of computers) operating properly
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"time is up"adjectiveused up
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"he was up on his homework" "had to be up for the game"adjective(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
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"he turned up the volume"to a higher intensityOpposite:
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"was transferred up to headquarters" "up to Canada for a vacation"to a more central or a more northerly placeOpposite:
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