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English to English adjective
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being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level |  | Example: 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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Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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out of bed | | Example: are they astir yet?
up by seven each morning
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getting higher or more vigorous | | Example: its an up market
an improving economy
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extending or moving toward a higher place | | Example: the up staircase
a general upward movement of fish
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(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness | | Example: he was up on his homework
had to be up for the game
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open | | Example: the windows are up
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(used of computers) operating properly | | Example: how soon will the computers be up?
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used up | | Example: time is up
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spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | | Example: look up!
the music surged up
the fragments flew upwards
prices soared upwards
upwardly mobile
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to a higher intensity | | Example: he turned up the volume
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nearer to the speaker | | Example: he walked up and grabbed my lapels
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to a more central or a more northerly place | | Example: was transferred up to headquarters
up to Canada for a vacation
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to a later time | | Example: they moved the meeting date up
from childhood upward
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Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down. | | source: webster1913 noun
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The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs. | | source: webster1913 preposition
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From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of. | | source: webster1913 verb
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raise | | Example: up the ante
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