Meaning of up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
   not-comparable
2. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
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3. above, over
4. Upper Peninsula
5. up; uphill; upstream; upstairs
6. To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
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7. To get up; rise.
8. come on!
9. To an upright or erect position.
   not-comparable
10. Open and honest.
11. hurray for (someone)!
12. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
    figuratively, not-comparable
13. Confronted with; facing: up against a strong opponent.
14. up with
15. Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
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16. To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
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17. Abruptly and unexpectedly: They up and left without saying goodbye.
18. To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
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19. a combining form of up: upland; upshot; upheaval.
20. 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.
    not-comparable
21. Slang. Feeling great delight and joy:elate, elated, elevated, overjoyed.
22. Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
    not-comparable
23. To increase in amount:boost, hike, jack (up), jump, raise.
24. To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
    UK, dated, not-comparable
25. to increase (a price etc). They upped the price that they wanted for their house. verhoog يَرْفَع، يَزيد вдигам subir zvýšit erhöhen sætte op αυξάνωaumentar, elevar, subir kõrgendama زیاد کردن nostaa augmenter לְהַעֲלוֹת מְחִיר उठाना, चढ़ाना povišeno, više felemel meningkatkan hækka alzare 増す 증가하다 pakelti pacelt menaikkan naar boven jagen sette opp, forhøyepodnosićsubir a creşte, a mări повышать zvýšiť dvigniti povećati höja, öka เพิ่ม arttırmak 提高(價格) піднімати, підвищувати بڑھانا gia tăng 提...
    etc
26. Against the wind or current.
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27. going up or directed up. They took the upward path; an upward glance. opwaarts إلى فَوْق горен para cima stoupající; vzhůru nach oben opadgående; opadvendt που κατευθύνεται προς τα πάνω, ανοδικός hacia arriba, ascendente tõusev, ülespoole suunatud رو به بالا ylöspäin suuntautuva montant; vers le haut כְּלַפֵּי מַעֲלֶה ऊपर की ओर okrenut uvis felfelé ke atas upp, upp á við in alto, verso l'alto 上方へ向かう 위쪽으로 향하는 einantis, nukreiptas aukštyn augšupejošs; augšup vērsts ke atas naar bovenstigende, o...
28. Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
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29. In a positive vertical direction.
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30. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
    not-comparable
31. Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
    emphatic, intensifier, not-comparable
32. To one's possession or consideration.
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33. From one's possession or consideration.
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34. Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
    not-comparable
35. Relatively close to the batsman.
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36. Without additional ice.
    US, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.”

“Shoots grow up and roots grow down.”

“All day we climbed up and up.”

“Lift the carpet up and look underneath.”

“He lives up in the hills.”

“1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie ‘The Phantom! The Phantom is up from the cellars again!’”

“sit up; stand up; get up out of bed”

“Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.”

“Turn it up, I can barely hear it.”

“Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.”

“Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.”

“Go back up to the top of the page.”

“As I lay on my back, a pain shot up from my toes to my chest.”

“I live in Florida, but I'm going up to New York to visit my family this weekend.”

“We travelled from Yorkshire up to London.”

“I'm going up to the other end of town.”

“He lives up by the railway station.”

“She's going up to read Classics this September.”

“The son of the Dean of Lichfield was only three years older than Steele, who was a lad of only twelve, when at the age of fifteen, Addison went up to Oxford.”

“Others insinuated that women 'crowded up to Cambridge', not for the benefits of a higher education, but because of the proximity of 2,000 young men.”

“A precocious mathematician, Babbage was already well versed in the Continental mathematical notations when he went up to Cambridge.”

“We started in London and rowed all the way up to Oxford.”

“I was up to my chin in water.”

“A stranger came up and asked me for directions.”

“I'm going to be walking quickly, but try to keep up with me.”

“I will mix up the puzzle pieces.”

“Tear up the contract.”

“He really messed up.”

“Please type up our monthly report.”

“Drink up. The pub is closing.”

“Can you sum up your research?”

“The meteor burned up in the atmosphere.”

“I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.”

“I picked up some milk on the way home.”

“The committee will take up your request.”

“She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.”

“Instead of apologising, he offered up excuse after excuse.”

“to lay up riches; put up your weapons”

“The bowler pitched the ball up.”

“A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.”

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