Up
/ap/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Up
noun
verb
adjective
- Facing upwards.
"Put the notebook face up on the table."
- On or at a physically higher level.
"The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country."
- Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
"Where is the up escalator?"
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
"The Christmas decorations are up."
- Aloft.
"The kite is up!"
adverb
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
"I looked up and saw the airplane overhead."
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
"All day we climbed up and up."
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
"Cheer up, the weekend's almost here."
- 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.
"A stranger came up and asked me for directions."
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
"Can you sum up your research?"
preposition
- Toward the top of.
"The cat climbed up the tree."
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
"I felt something crawling up my arm."
- From south to north of.
"We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields."
- Further along (in any direction).
"Go up the street until you see the sign."
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
"He led an expedition up the Amazon."
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Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
turn upalley oop
ANTONYMS
down