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Meaning of up for | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Willing to participate in; interested in.
    idiomatic
  2. Being or due to be evaluated, inspected, judged, considered, sold, etc., in the stated circumstances or by the stated method.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Español dispuesto a dispuesto a aceptar interesarle
Svenska pigg

Examples

“Are you up for a trip to the library today?”
“Neither team were up for this third-round replay, their lack of enthusiasm betrayed by 16 changes from the line-ups they used in league combat at the weekend.”
“He is up for reelection next year, so he will try to control his image.”
“He is up for second degree murder.”
“It's still up for debate.”
“She put her jewelry up for auction.”
“My car is up for sale.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

up till up to up to, to the point of, as much as up until uplong upo'

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