UP
Definition of UP
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The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
"Up is a good way to go."
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A positive thing.
"I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home."
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An upstairs room of a two story house.
"She lives in a two-up two-down."
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To increase or raise.
"If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says."
Synonyms: turn up -
To promote.
"It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President."
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(usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.
"He just upped and quit."
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Facing upwards.
"Put the notebook face up on the table."
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On or at a physically higher level.
"The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country."
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Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
"Where is the up escalator?"
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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."
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To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
"All day we climbed up and up."
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To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
"Cheer up, the weekend's almost here."
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Toward the top of.
"The cat climbed up the tree."
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Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
"I felt something crawling up my arm."
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From south to north of.
"We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields."
Source: Wiktionary
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