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(adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" |
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Synonyms: upward, upwardly, upwards |
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Antonyms: down |
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(adverb) to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" |
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Synonyms: upward, upwards |
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(adverb) to a more central or a more northerly place; "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation" |
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Antonyms: down |
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(adverb) nearer to the speaker; "he walked up and grabbed my lapels" |
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(adverb) to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume" |
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Antonyms: down |
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(verb) raise; "up the ante" |
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Related Words: increase |
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(satellite adjective) used up; "time is up" |
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(satellite adjective) (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?" |
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(satellite adjective) open; "the windows are up" |
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(satellite adjective) (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game" |
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(satellite adjective) extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" |
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Synonyms: upward |
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(adjective) being 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"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up" |
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Antonyms: down |
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(satellite adjective) out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning" |
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Synonyms: astir |
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(satellite adjective) getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy" |
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Synonyms: improving |
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