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ʌp

Meanings

adverb

towards a higher place or position.
E.g. he jumped up
at or to a higher level of intensity, volume, or activity.
E.g. she turned the volume up
to the place where someone is.
E.g. Dot didn't hear Mrs Parvis come creeping up behind her
towards or in the capital or a major city.
E.g. give me a ring when you're up in London
into the desired or a proper condition.
E.g. the government agreed to set up a committee of inquiry
into a happy mood.
E.g. I don't think anything's going to cheer me up
out of bed.
E.g. Miranda hardly ever got up for breakfast
displayed on a noticeboard or other publicly visible site.
E.g. sticking up posters to advertise concerts
(of sailing) against the current or the wind.
E.g. the bow of the boat was brought slowly up into the wind and held there
at bat.
E.g. every time up, he had a different stance

preposition

from a lower to a higher point of (something).
E.g. she climbed up a flight of steps
along or further along (a street or road).
E.g. he lived up the road
at or to (a place).
E.g. we're going up the Palais

adjective

directed or moving towards a higher place or position.
E.g. the up escalator
at an end.
E.g. his contract was up in three weeks
(of a road) being repaired.
(of a computer system) functioning properly.
E.g. the system is now up
in a cheerful mood; ebullient.
E.g. the mood here is resolutely up
(of a jockey) in the saddle.
denoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of + 2/3. In the Standard Model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.

noun

a period of good fortune or positive mood.
E.g. you can't have ups all the time in football

verb

do something unexpectedly.
E.g. she upped and left him
increase (a level or amount).
E.g. capacity will be upped by 70 per cent next year
lift (something) up.
E.g. everybody was cheering and upping their glasses

up-

ʌp

Meanings

prefix

(added to verbs and their derivatives) upwards.
E.g. upturned
(added to nouns) denoting motion up.
E.g. upriver
(added to nouns) higher.
E.g. upland

UP

Meanings

abbreviation

Upper Peninsula (of the state of Michigan).
E.g. her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the UP
Uttar Pradesh.

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