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[ʌp], (Adverb)
Definitions:
- towards a higher place or position
(e.g: he jumped up)
- at or to a higher level of intensity, volume, or activity
(e.g: she turned the volume up)
- to the place where someone is
(e.g: Dot didn't hear Mrs Parvis come creeping up behind her)
- towards or in the capital or a major city
(e.g: give me a ring when you're up in London)
- into the desired or a proper condition
(e.g: the government agreed to set up a committee of inquiry)
- into a happy mood
(e.g: I don't think anything's going to cheer me up)
- out of bed
(e.g: Miranda hardly ever got up for breakfast)
- displayed on a noticeboard or other publicly visible site
(e.g: sticking up posters to advertise concerts)
- (of sailing) against the current or the wind
(e.g: the bow of the boat was brought slowly up into the wind and held there)
- at bat
(e.g: every time up, he had a different stance)
Phrases:
- be well up on
- get it up
- it is all up with
- on the up and up
- right up one's street
- something is up
- up against
- up and about
- up and doing
- up and down
- up and running
- up before
- up for
- up hill and down dale
- up there Cazaly!
- up to
- up top
- up with —
- up yours
- what's up?
Origin
:
Old English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf
[ʌp], (Preposition)
Definitions:
- from a lower to a higher point of (something)
(e.g: she climbed up a flight of steps)
- along or further along (a street or road)
(e.g: he lived up the road)
- at or to (a place)
(e.g: we're going up the Palais)
Phrases:
- be well up on
- get it up
- it is all up with
- on the up and up
- right up one's street
- something is up
- up against
- up and about
- up and doing
- up and down
- up and running
- up before
- up for
- up hill and down dale
- up there Cazaly!
- up to
- up top
- up with —
- up yours
- what's up?
Origin
:
Old English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf
[ʌp], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- directed or moving towards a higher place or position
(e.g: the up escalator)
- at an end
(e.g: his contract was up in three weeks)
- (of a road) being repaired
- (of a computer system) functioning properly
(e.g: the system is now up)
- in a cheerful mood; ebullient
(e.g: the mood here is resolutely up)
- (of a jockey) in the saddle
- denoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of +2/3. In the Standard Model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks
Phrases:
- be well up on
- get it up
- it is all up with
- on the up and up
- right up one's street
- something is up
- up against
- up and about
- up and doing
- up and down
- up and running
- up before
- up for
- up hill and down dale
- up there Cazaly!
- up to
- up top
- up with —
- up yours
- what's up?
Origin
:
Old English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf
[ʌp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a period of good fortune or positive mood
(e.g: you can't have ups all the time in football)
Phrases:
- be well up on
- get it up
- it is all up with
- on the up and up
- right up one's street
- something is up
- up against
- up and about
- up and doing
- up and down
- up and running
- up before
- up for
- up hill and down dale
- up there Cazaly!
- up to
- up top
- up with —
- up yours
- what's up?
Origin
:
Old English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf
[ʌp], (Verb)
Definitions:
- increase (a level or amount)
(e.g: capacity will be upped by 70 per cent next year)
- lift (something) up
(e.g: everybody was cheering and upping their glasses)
- do something unexpectedly
(e.g: she upped and left him)
Phrases:
- be well up on
- get it up
- it is all up with
- on the up and up
- right up one's street
- something is up
- up against
- up and about
- up and doing
- up and down
- up and running
- up before
- up for
- up hill and down dale
- up there Cazaly!
- up to
- up top
- up with —
- up yours
- what's up?
Origin
:
Old English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf
[], (Abbreviation)
Definitions:
- Upper Peninsula (of the state of Michigan)
(e.g: her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the UP)
- Uttar Pradesh
Phrases:
Origin
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