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Definition
Adverb:
- To or towards a higher place or position: Indicates movement from a lower level to a higher one.
- To a later time or a more recent point: Indicates a shift forward in time or schedule.
- To a greater degree, intensity, or volume: Indicates an increase in level, amount, or strength.
- Into a state of activity, visibility, or operation: Indicates becoming awake, active, or functioning.
- Completely, thoroughly, or entirely: Indicates finishing, consuming, or closing.
Preposition:
- From a lower to a higher point on: Indicates movement along a rising path or surface.
- At or to a higher part of (a river, stream, etc.): Indicates a direction against the current or towards the source.
Adjective:
- Directed or moving towards a higher position: Describes something that is rising or ascending.
- In an active, awake, or standing state: Describes someone who is no longer in bed or resting.
- Operating or functioning correctly: Often used for machines or systems, especially computers.
- Finished, expired, or consumed: Indicates that an allotted time is over or a resource is gone.
- Informed or knowledgeable about: Followed by 'on', indicates being current with information.
- Under consideration or discussion: Indicates a topic that is currently relevant.
Verb:
- To increase or raise something: To make something higher in level, amount, or intensity.
Noun:
- A period or state of success or good fortune: Often used in the plural to describe life's fluctuations.
Usage Examples
Adverb:
- She looked up at the sky. (Movement to a higher position)
- They moved the meeting up from Tuesday to Monday. (Shift to an earlier time)
- Please turn the volume up. (Increase in intensity)
- He was up by 6 a.m. every day. (In an awake state)
- The money was used up. (Completely consumed)
Preposition:
- We walked up the hill. (Movement along a rising path)
- The cabin is up the river. (Located towards the source)
Adjective:
- The up escalator is on the right. (Moving to a higher floor)
- Are you up yet? (Awake and out of bed)
- Is the network up? (Functioning properly)
- Your time is up. (Finished, expired)
- He is up on the latest news. (Knowledgeable about)
- What's up for discussion today? (Under consideration)
Verb:
- The company upped its prices. (Increased)
Noun:
- Life has its ups and downs. (Periods of success and failure)
Advanced Usage
"Up against": Facing a difficult challenge or opponent.
- They are up against a very strong team.
"Up for": Available or being considered for something; willing to participate.
- The proposal is up for review.
- Are you up for a game of tennis?
"Up to":
- As many as, until: The room can hold up to 50 people.
- Doing (often something mischievous): What have you been up to?
- Capable of or equal to: I don't feel up to going out tonight.
- The responsibility of: It's up to you to decide.
"On the up (and up)": Becoming more successful; honest and legitimate.
- Business is finally on the up.
Variants and Related Words
Upward (Adverb/Adjective): Moving or directed towards a higher place.
- The birds flew upward.
Uppity (Adjective, informal): Self-important or arrogant.
- He was criticized for being uppity.
Upper (Adjective): Situated above another part.
- She injured her upper arm.
Synonyms
- Upward: Towards a higher place.
- Aloft: High up in or into the air.
- Ascending: Moving upwards.
- Risen: Having moved to a higher position.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Bring up: To raise a topic for discussion; to care for a child.
- She brought up an important point.
Come up: To arise or occur; to approach.
- A problem has come up.
End up: To eventually reach a state, place, or condition.
- We ended up getting lost.
Give up: To stop trying; to surrender.
- Don't give up on your dreams.
Look up: To search for information; to improve.
- Please look up the word in a dictionary.
Make up: To invent; to reconcile after an argument; to constitute.
- He made up an excuse.
Put up with: To tolerate.
- I can't put up with this noise.
Take up: To begin a hobby or activity; to occupy space or time.
- She took up painting.
Related Idioms
Up in the air: Uncertain or undecided.
- Our vacation plans are still up in the air.
Up to scratch: Meeting the required standard.
- His work isn't up to scratch.
Up a creek (without a paddle): In a difficult situation with no easy solution.
- If we lose this contract, we'll be up a creek.
On the up and up: See 'Advanced Usage'.
- What's up?: A casual greeting asking what is happening or if something is wrong.
Adverb
- to a later time
- they moved the meeting date up
- from childhood upward
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- was transferred up to headquarters
- up to Canada for a vacation
- nearer to the speaker
- he walked up and grabbed my lapels
- to a higher intensity
- he turned up the volume
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- look up!
- the music surged up
- the fragments flew upwards
- prices soared upwards
- upwardly mobile
Adjective
- used up
- time is up
- (used of computers) operating properly
- how soon will the computers be up?
- open
- the windows are up
- (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
- he was up on his homework
- had to be up for the game
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- the up staircase
- a general upward movement of fish
- getting higher or more vigorous
- its an up market
- an improving economy
- out of bed
- are they astir yet?
- up by seven each morning
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- 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