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   up

   /əp/

   adverb

   • 1. toward a higher place or position: "he jumped up"
   • ▪ upstairs: "she made her way up to bed"
   • ▪ (of the sun) visible in the sky after daybreak: "the sun was already up when they set off"
   • ▪ expressing movement toward or position in the north: "I drove up to Detroit"
   • ▪ to or at a place perceived as higher: "going for a walk up to the stores"
   • ▪ used as a command to a soldier or an animal to stand up and be ready to move or attack: "up, boys, and at 'em"
   • ▪ (of food that has been eaten) regurgitated from the stomach: "I was sick and vomited up everything"
   • 2. at or to a higher level of intensity, volume, or activity: "she turned the volume up"
   • ▪ at or to a higher price, value, or rank: "sales are up 22.8 percent at $50.2 million"
   • ▪ winning or at an advantage by a specified margin: "we came away 300 bucks up on the evening"
   • 3. to the place where someone is: "Dot didn't hear Mrs. Parvis come creeping up behind her"
   • 4. toward or in the capital or a major city: "give me a ring when you're up in London"
   • ▪ at or to a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge: British "they were up at Cambridge about the same time"
   • 5. into the desired or a proper condition: "the mayor agreed to set up a committee"
   • ▪ so as to be finished or closed: "I've got a bit of paperwork to finish up"
   • 6. into a happy mood: "I don't think anything's going to cheer me up"
   • 7. out of bed: "Miranda hardly ever got up for breakfast"
   • 8. displayed on a bulletin board or other publicly visible site: "he put up posters around the city"
   • 9. (of sailing) against the current or the wind: "the bow of the boat was brought slowly up into the wind and held there"
   • ▪ (of a ship's helm) moved so that the rudder is to leeward.
   • 10. at bat: "every time up, he had a different stance"

   preposition

   • 1. from a lower to a higher point on (something); upward along: "she climbed up a flight of steps"
   • ▪ from one end to another of (a street or other area), not necessarily on an upward slope: "bicycling up Pleasant Avenue toward Maywood Avenue"
   • ▪ to a higher part of (a river or stream), away from the sea: "a cruise up the Rhine"

   adjective

   • 1. directed or moving toward a higher place or position: "the up escalator"
   • 2. at an end: "his contract was up in three weeks"
   • 3. (of a computer system or industrial process) functioning properly: "the system is now up"
   • 4. in a cheerful mood; ebullient: "the mood here is resolutely up"
   • 5. (of a jockey) in the saddle.
   • 6. denoting a flavor (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of +2/3. In the Standard Model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.

   noun

   • 1. a period of good fortune or positive mood: informal "you can't have ups all the time in football"

   verb

   • 1. do something abruptly or boldly: informal "she upped and left him"
   • 2. cause (a level or amount) to be increased: "capacity will be upped by 70 percent next year"
   • 3. lift (something) up: "everybody was cheering and upping their glasses"
   • ▪ raise or pick up (something): informal West Indian, US "this woman ups with a stone"

   Word Origin Old Englishup(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf.

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