Up
adjectiveAdjective
extending or moving toward a higher place
“the up staircase”
“a general upward movement of fish”
Similar:Upwardgetting higher or more vigorous
“its an up market”
Similar:Improvingout of bed
“up by seven each morning”
Similar:Astirbeing or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
“the anchor is up”
“the sun is up”
“he lay face up”
(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
“he was up on his homework”
“had to be up for the game”
open
“the windows are up”
(used of computers) operating properly
“how soon will the computers be up?”
used up
“time is up”
Verb
raise
“up the ante”
Type of:Increase
Adverb
to a later time
“they moved the meeting date up”
“from childhood upward”
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
“look up!”
“the music surged up”
“the fragments flew upwards”
Other
to a more central or a more northerly place
“was transferred up to headquarters”
“up to Canada for a vacation”
to a higher intensity
“he turned up the volume”
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