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ADJECTIVE | 1 | up | Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value |
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2 | up, improving | Getting higher or more vigorous | |
3 | up, upward | Extending or moving toward a higher place | |
4 | up | (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness | |
5 | up | Open | |
6 | up | (used of computers) operating properly | |
7 | up | Used up | |
8 | up, astir | Out of bed | |
ADVERB | 1 | up, upwards, upward, upwardly | Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position |
2 | up | To a higher intensity | |
3 | up | Nearer to the speaker | |
4 | up | To a more central or a more northerly place | |
5 | up, upwards, upward | To a later time | |
VERB | 1 | up | Raise |
Sounds | ah'p |
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Rhymes | archbishop, backup, bishop, and 62 more rhymes in ahp at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value. Being above a former position or level. |
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Examples | "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" |
Similar | ahead, in the lead, leading; aweigh; dormie, dormy; heavenward, skyward; risen; sprouted; upbound; upfield; upward |
See also | high; ascending |
Contrary | down |
Meaning | Getting higher or more vigorous. |
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Examples | "its an up market" |
Synonyms | improving |
Similar to | rising |
Meaning | Extending or moving toward a higher place. |
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Examples | "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" |
Synonyms | upward |
Similar to | ascending |
Meaning | (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness. |
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Examples | "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game" |
Similar to | prepared |
Meaning | Open. |
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Examples | "the windows are up" |
Similar to | raised |
Meaning | (used of computers) operating properly. |
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Examples | "how soon will the computers be up?" |
Category | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system |
Similar to | functioning |
Meaning | Used up. |
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Examples | "time is up" |
Similar to | finished |
Meaning | Out of bed. |
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Examples | "up by seven each morning" |
Synonyms | astir |
Similar to | awake |
Meaning | Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. |
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Examples | "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" |
Synonyms | upwards, upward, upwardly |
Contrary | down, downwards, downward, downwardly |
Meaning | To a higher intensity. |
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Examples | "he turned up the volume" |
Contrary | down |
Meaning | Nearer to the speaker. |
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Examples | "he walked up and grabbed my lapels" |
Meaning | To a more central or a more northerly place. |
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Examples | "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation" |
Contrary | down |
Meaning | To a later time. |
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Examples | "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" |
Synonyms | upwards, upward |
Meaning | Raise. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "up the ante" |
Broader | increase |