English Explanatory Dictionary

up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
  2. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
  3. To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
  4. To an upright or erect position.
  5. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
  6. Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
  7. To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
  8. To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
  9. 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.
  10. Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
  11. To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
  12. Against the wind or current.
prep
  1. Toward the top of.
  2. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
  3. From south to north of.
  4. Further along (in any direction).
  5. From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
  6. Of a person: having sex with.
  7. At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
adj
  1. Facing upwards.
  2. On or at a physically higher level.
  3. Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
  4. Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
  5. Available to view or use; made public; posted.
  6. Aloft.
  7. Raised; lifted.
  8. Of a river, in flood or at a high level.
  9. Built, constructed.
  10. Standing; upright.
  11. Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.
  12. Awake and out of bed.
noun
  1. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
  2. A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
  3. An up quark.
  4. An upstairs room of a two story house.
verb
  1. To physically raise or lift.
  2. To increase the level or amount of.
  3. To promote.
  4. To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
  5. To ascend; to climb up.
  6. To upload.
name
  1. Initialism of Upper Peninsula.
  2. Initialism of United Presbyterian.
  3. Initialism of Uttar Pradesh: a state of India.
  4. Initialism of Unified Process.
  5. Initialism of University of the Philippines.
noun
  1. Initialism of unqualified prospect.
  2. Initialism of university press.

Pronunciation

ŭp /ʌp/ [ʌʔp] [ɐʔp] [ʊp] [ʌp̚] en-us-up.ogg /ɐp/ en-au-up.ogg

Word forms

up ups upping upped

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ap (“up”), West Frisian op (“up”), Dutch op (“up”), German Low German up, op (“up”), German auf (“up”), Danish op (“up”), Swedish upp (“up”), Icelandic upp (“up”), Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup, “up”).

Synonyms

alley oop

Antonyms

down

Related words

all it's cracked up to be back up blow up bottoms up break up buck up buffer up build up burn up clean up clear up clog up close up cloud up cosy up cozy up crack up cuddle up curl up cut up double up dress up dry up eat up finish up gang up gang up on go up kick up knock up lash up let up link up look up lookup muck up open up polish up runner up run up shake up shoot up show up shut up snuggle up stir up stop up studs up turn up up and at 'em up for up to up to it wet up work up write up give up pick up put up ring up

Derived words

any road up backup balloon goes up bottom-up clean-up close-up double-up follow-up keep someone up late lead someone up the garden path lift-up link-up linkup lookup one-up one-upmanship pop-up runup start-up tip up tip-up update upend upfront upgrade uphill uphold upkeep upload upness upon upper uppity upright uprise upriver uproar upset upshot upstairs upstart upstream uptick upto uptown upvote upward upwind upzone walkup upside know which end is up Stonebeck Up up and running Up Exe up for grabs upside down mark-up on the up-and-up up and

Translations

Cornish: ughella Danish: op Dutch: omhoog Estonian: üles Finnish: ylemmäs Japanese: 上に Central Kurdish: بەرز Latvian: augstāk Macedonian: повисоко Macedonian: погласно Norwegian: opp Portuguese: aumentar Portuguese: elevar Russian: вы́ше Russian: гро́мче Slovak: hore Swahili: juu Swedish: upp Zazaki: anvero (diq)
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