English Explanatory Dictionary

upright

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Vertical; erect.
  2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
  3. Greater in height than breadth.
  4. Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
  5. Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
adv
  1. In or into an upright position.
noun
  1. Any vertical part of a structure.
  2. A goal post.
  3. A leg.
  4. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  5. Short for upright piano
  6. Short for upright arcade game cabinet
  7. Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
  8. The tips of the antlers of a young deer.
verb
  1. To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/ en-us-upright.ogg

Word forms

upright more upright most upright vpright uprights uprighting uprighted

Etymology

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).

Synonyms

orthograde surrect

Related words

upright piano

Derived words

bolt upright tuppenny upright upright bass upright bassist upright man upright yellow-sorrel

Translations

Catalan: muntant Finnish: tolppa French: montant Māori: turuturu Māori: turu Māori: tuturu Māori: turupou Māori: tūturu Russian: подпорка Russian: коло́нна Russian: сто́йка Russian: сто́йка во́рот Spanish: poste Spanish: montante
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