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adjective (a)
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level(adj.all)Example:
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.
source: wordnet30 - Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.(noun)source: webster1913
preposition (pre)
- From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.(preposition)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- to a higher intensity(adv.all)Example:
He turned up the volume.
source: wordnet30 - nearer to the speaker(adv.all)Example:
He walked up and grabbed my lapels.
source: wordnet30 - to a more central or a more northerly place(adv.all)Example:
Was transferred up to headquarters.
Up to Canada for a vacation.
source: wordnet30 - to a later time(adv.all)Example:
They moved the meeting date up.
From childhood upward.
source: wordnet30 - Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- getting higher or more vigorous(adj.all)Example:
Its an up market.
source: wordnet30 - extending or moving toward a higher place(adj.all)Example:
The up staircase.
A general upward movement of fish.
source: wordnet30 - (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness(adj.all)Example:
He was up on his homework.
Had to be up for the game.
source: wordnet30 - open(adj.all)Example:
The windows are up.
source: wordnet30 - (used of computers) operating properly(adj.all)Example:
How soon will the computers be up?.
source: wordnet30 - used up(adj.all)Example:
Time is up.
source: wordnet30