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Words people most associate with “up”:

  1. down,
  2. yours,
  3. sky,
  4. high,
  5. stairs

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Verb (1 meaning)

1. raise.

to up

Example:
  • “up the ante”
to up is a way to:
  • to increase (verb) - make bigger or more

Adjective (8 meanings)

1. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level.

up

Examples:
  • “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”
up is the opposite of:
  • down (adjective) - being or moving lower in position or less in some value
see also:
  • ascending (adjective) - moving or going or growing upward
  • high (adjective) - (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
up is similar to:
  • ahead, in the lead, leading (adjective) - having the leading position or higher score in a contest
  • aweigh (adjective) - (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom
  • dormie, dormy (adjective) - in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played
  • heavenward, skyward (adjective) - directed toward heaven or the sky
  • risen (adjective) - (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
  • sprouted (adjective) - (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground
  • upbound (adjective) - heading in any direction that is conventionally up
  • upfield (adjective) - away from the defending teams' end of the playing field
  • upward (adjective) - directed up

2. out of bed.

astir, up

Examples:
  • “are they astir yet?”,
  • “up by seven each morning”
up is similar to:
  • awake (adjective) - not in a state of sleep

3. getting higher or more vigorous.

improving, up

Examples:
  • “its an up market”,
  • “an improving economy”
up is similar to:
  • rising (adjective) - advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status

4. extending or moving toward a higher place.

up, upward

Examples:
  • “the up staircase”,
  • “a general upward movement of fish”
up is similar to:
  • ascending (adjective) - moving or going or growing upward

5. (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness.

up

Examples:
  • “he was up on his homework”,
  • “had to be up for the game”
up is similar to:
  • prepared (adjective) - made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

6. open.

up

Example:
  • “the windows are up”
up is similar to:
  • raised (adjective) - located or moved above the surround or above the normal position

7. (used of computers) operating properly.

up

Example:
  • “how soon will the computers be up?”
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
up is similar to:
  • functioning (adjective) - performing or able to perform its regular function

8. used up.

up

Example:
  • “time is up”
up is similar to:
  • finished (adjective) - ended or brought to an end

Adverb (5 meanings)

1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position.

up, upwards, upward, upwardly

Examples:
  • “look up!”,
  • “the music surged up”,
  • “the fragments flew upwards”,
  • “prices soared upwards”,
  • “upwardly mobile”
up is the opposite of:

2. to a higher intensity.

up

Example:
  • “he turned up the volume”
up is the opposite of:
  • down (adverb) - to a lower intensity

3. nearer to the speaker.

up

Example:
  • “he walked up and grabbed my lapels”

4. to a more central or a more northerly place.

up

Examples:
  • “was transferred up to headquarters”,
  • “up to Canada for a vacation”
up is the opposite of:
  • down (adverb) - away from a more central or a more northerly place

5. to a later time.

up, upwards, upward

Examples:
  • “they moved the meeting date up”,
  • “from childhood upward”