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Common
adj
•
Facing
upwards.
•
On or at a
physically
higher level.
•
Headed
or
designated
to go
upward (as an
escalator
,
stairway
,
elevator
etc.) or toward (as a
run-up
).
•
Fitted
or
fixed
at a high or
relatively
high
position
,
especially
on a
wall
or
ceiling
.
•
Available
to
view
or use; made public;
posted
.
•
Aloft
.
•
Raised
;
lifted
.
•
Built
,
constructed
.
•
Standing
;
upright
.
•
Awake
and
out of
bed
.
•
Riding
the
horse
;
mounted
.
•
Above the
horizon
, in the
sky
.
•
Larger
;
greater
in quantity
,
volume
, value etc.
•
Indicating
a
larger
or higher
quantity
.
•
Ahead
;
leading
;
winning
.
•
Finished
, to an
end
•
In a good
mood
.
•
Willing
;
ready
.
•
Next in a
sequence
.
•
Happening
; new; of
concern
.
See also
what's up
,
what's up with
.
•
In Poker:
Said of the higher-ranking
pair
in a
two pair
.
•
Well-informed
;
current
.
•
In Computing:
Functional
;
working
.
•
Traveling
towards
a major
terminus
.
•
In American English:
Chilled
and
served
without
ice
.
•
Erect
.
•
well-known
;
renowned
adv
•
Away
from the
surface
of the
Earth
or other
planet
; in
opposite
direction
to the
downward
pull
of
gravity
.
•
To or at a
physically
higher or more
elevated
position
.
•
To a higher level of some
quantity
or
notional
quantity
, such as
price
,
volume
,
pitch
,
happiness
, etc.
•
To or in a
position
of
equal
advance
or
equality
; not
short of
,
back
of, less
advance
d than,
away
from, etc.;
usually
followed by
to or with.
•
Used as an
aspect
marker
to
indicate
a
completed
action
or
state
;
thoroughly
,
completely
.
•
To or from
one's
possession
or
consideration
.
•
North
.
•
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.
•
In Rail transportation:
Towards the
principal
terminus
, towards
milepost
zero
.
•
Aside
,
so as
not to be
in use
.
•
In Sailing:
Against the
wind
or
current
.
•
In
a positive
vertical
direction
.
•
In Cricket:
Relatively
close to
the
batsman
.
•
In American English:
Without
additional
ice
.
•
In British English:
To
university
,
especially
to
Cambridge
or
Oxford
.
prep
•
Toward the
top
of.
•
Toward the
center
,
source
, or main
point of reference
; toward
the end
at which something is
attached
.
•
From
south
to
north
of.
•
Further along (in any
direction
).
•
From the
mouth
towards the
source
of (a
river
or
waterway
).
⚠️
Of a
man
:
having sex
with.
•
At (a
given place
,
especially
one
imagined
to be higher or more
distant
from a
central
location
).
verb
•
To
physically
raise
or
lift
.
•
To increase the level or
amount
of.
•
To
promote
.
•
To
rise
to a
standing
position
; hence,
by extension
, to
act
suddenly
;
see also
up and
.
•
To
ascend
; to
climb up
.
•
In Computing:
To
upload
.
noun
•
The
direction
opposed
to the
pull
of
gravity
.
•
A positive
thing
, or a time or
situation
when
thing
s are
going
well.
•
In Particle physics:
An
up quark
.
•
An
upstairs
room
of a two
story
house
.
•
Initialism
of
unqualified prospect
.
name
•
Initialism
of
Upper Peninsula
.
•
Initialism
of
United
Presbyterian
.
•
Initialism
of
Uttar Pradesh
.
•
Initialism
of
Unified
Process.
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line
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rising
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through
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move
available
nice
equal
perfect
best
rise
running
offs
fine
raise
end
boost
elevate
climb
enhance
expand
ahead
right
extend
soaring
push
sheet
bolster
home
good
mid
onward
shift
stronger
season
adjust
out of
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downwards
downward
down
below
decrease
on the rocks
Rhymes
up
nup
sup
tup
yup
dup
cup
gup
pup
shup
'sup
scup
syrup
shmup
Lineage
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English
upp
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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