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UK
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[ US /ˈəp/ ]
[ US /ˈəp/ ]
ADVERB
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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 -
to a higher intensity
he turned up the volume -
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
upwardly mobile
upwardly mobile
look up!
prices soared upwards
the fragments flew upwards
the music surged up -
nearer to the speaker
he walked up and grabbed my lapels
ADJECTIVE
-
getting higher or more vigorous
an improving economy
its an up market -
(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
he was up on his homework
had to be up for the game -
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 sun is up
he is up by a pawn
the anchor is up
he lay face up
the market is up
the corn is up -
open
the windows are up -
extending or moving toward a higher place
a general upward movement of fish
the up staircase -
(used of computers) operating properly
how soon will the computers be up? -
used up
time is up
VERB
-
raise
up the ante
How To Use up In A Sentence
- The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
- He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
- Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk. Savages
- Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
- WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
- These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
- Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard. The Sun
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others continued working.
- Moreover, she is being asked to do this while remaining scrupulously impartial and keeping the viewer entertained with talk of trade deals, tariffs and employment figures. Times, Sunday Times