التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Pronunciation
* (UK) enPR: ŭp, IPA(key): /ʌp/, [ɐp]
* (US) enPR: ŭp, IPA(key): /ʌp/
* (Australia) IPA(key): /ap/, [äp]
* Rhymes: -ʌp
التي في فئةENGLISH - ADVERB
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Adverb
UP (_not comparable_)
* Away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
_I looked UP and saw the airplane overhead._
* (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
_I will mix UP the puzzle pieces._
_Tear UP the contract._
_He really messed UP._
_Please type UP our monthly report._
* To or from one's possession or consideration.
_I picked UP some milk on the way home._
_The committee will take UP your request._
_She had to give UP her driver's license after the accident._
* North.
_I will go UP to New York to visit my family this weekend._
* To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
_Gold has gone UP with the uncertainty in the world markets._
_Turn it UP, I can barely hear it._
_Listen to your voice go UP at the end of a question._
_Cheer UP, the weekend's almost here._
* (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
* (sailing) Against the wind or current.
* (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
* (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
_The bowler pitched the ball UP._
* (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
_Would you like that drink UP or on ice?_
* (UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
_She's going UP to read Classics this September._
* 1867, John Timbs, _Lives of wits and humourists_, p. 125
The son of the Dean of Lichfield was only three years older than Steele, who was a lad of only twelve, when at the age of fifteen, Addison went UP to Oxford.
* 1998, Rita McWilliams Tullberg, _Women at Cambridge_, p. 112
Others insinuated that women 'crowded UP to Cambridge', not for the benefits of a higher education, but because of the proximity of 2,000 young men.
* 2002, Peter Harman, _Cambridge Scientific Minds_, p. 79
A precocious mathematician, Babbage was already well versed in the Continental mathematical notations when he went UP to Cambridge.
* To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by _to_ or _with_.
_I was UP to my chin in water._
_A stranger came UP and asked me for directions._
* To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
_Drink UP. The pub is closing._
_Can you sum UP your research?_
_The comet burned UP in the atmosphere._
_I need to sew UP the hole in this shirt._
* Aside, so as not to be in use.
_to lay UP riches; put UP your weapons_
ANTONYMS
* (away from the centre of the Earth): down
* (louder): down
* (higher in pitch): down
* (towards the principal terminus): down
DERIVED TERMS
TRANSLATIONS
up (not comparable)
- Away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- North.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
- (UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
- Aside, so as not to be in use.
Antonyms
- (away from the centre of the Earth): down
- (louder): down
- (higher in pitch): down
- (towards the principal terminus): down
Derived terms
Translations
التي في فئةENGLISH - PREPOSITION
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةENGLISH - ADJECTIVE
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Adjective
UP (_not comparable_)
* Awake.
_I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still UP._
* Finished, to an end
_Time is UP!_
* In a good mood.
_I’m feeling UP today._
* Willing; ready.
_If you are UP for a trip, let’s go._
* Next in a sequence.
_Smith is UP to bat._
* Happening; new.
_What is UP with that project at headquarters?_
* Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
_Put the notebook face UP on the table._
_Take a break and put your feet UP._
* Larger, greater in quantity.
_Sales are UP from last quarter._
* Standing.
_Get UP and give her your seat._
* On a higher level.
* 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), _The Phantom of the Opera_, silent movie
‘The Phantom! The Phantom is UP from the cellars again!’
* Available; made public.
_The new notices are UP as of last Tuesday._
* Well-informed; current.
_I’m not UP on the latest news. What’s going on?_
* (computing) Functional; working.
_Is the server back UP?_
* (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
_The London train is on the UP line._
* Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
* (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
_A Cosmopolitan is typically served UP._
* (slang) Erect.
* (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
* 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
I have said I was still in darkness, yet it was not the blackness of the last night; and looking up into the inside of the tomb above, I could see the faintest line of light at one corner, which showed the sun was UP.
* (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
* 1996, Matthew Busby Hunt, _The Sociolinguistics of Tagging and Chicano Gang Graffiti_ (page 71)
Being "UP" means having numerous graffiti in the tagging landscape.
* 2009, Gregory J. Snyder, _Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground_ (pages 16-40)
Graffiti writers want their names seen by writers and others so that they will be famous. Therefore writers are very serious about any opportunity to “get UP.” […] The throw-up became one of the fundamental techniques for getting UP, and thereby gaining recognition and fame.
* 2011, Adam Melnyk, _Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti_
From his great rooftop pieces, selected for high visibility, to his sneaky tags and fun loving stickers, he most certainly knows how to get UP.
ANTONYMS
* (facing upwards): down
* (on a higher level): down
* (computing: Functional): down
* (traveling towards a major terminus): down
DERIVED TERMS
TRANSLATIONS
up (not comparable)
- Awake.
- Finished, to an end
- In a good mood.
- Willing; ready.
- Next in a sequence.
- Happening; new.
- Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
- Larger, greater in quantity.
- Standing.
- On a higher level.
- Available; made public.
- Well-informed; current.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
- (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
- (slang) Erect.
- (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
Antonyms
- (facing upwards): down
- (on a higher level): down
- (computing: Functional): down
- (traveling towards a major terminus): down
Derived terms
Translations
التي في فئةENGLISH - NOUN
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Noun
UP (_usually uncountable_, _plural_ UPS)
* (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
_UP is a good way to go._
* (countable) A positive thing.
_I hate almost everything about my job. The only UP is that it's so close to home._
* An upstairs room of a two story house.
_She lives in a two-UP two-down._
USAGE NOTES
* _Up_ is not commonly used as object of a preposition.
ANTONYMS
* (direction opposed to the pull of gravity): down
DERIVED TERMS
* ups and downs
TRANSLATIONS
up (usually uncountable, plural ups)
- (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- (countable) A positive thing.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
Usage notes
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
التي في فئةENGLISH - VERB
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - Verb
UP (_third-person singular simple present_ UPS, _present participle_ UPPING, _simple past and past participle_ UPPED)
* (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
_If we UP the volume, we'll be able to make out the details._
_We UPPED anchor and sailed away._
* (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
_It wasn’t long before they UPPED him to Vice President._
* (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
_He just UPPED and quit._
_He UPPED and punched that guy._
* 1991, Michael Jackson, Who Is It
And she didn't leave a letter, she just UPPED and ran away.
SYNONYMS
* (increase): turn up
DERIVED TERMS
TRANSLATIONS
up (third-person singular simple present ups, present participle upping, simple past and past participle upped)
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
التي في فئةENGLISH - REFERENCES
معلومات عن الموضوع
English - References
* Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in _The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition_, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
التي في فئةENGLISH - ANAGRAMS
معلومات عن الموضوع
التي في فئةOLD ENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
معلومات عن الموضوع
Old English - Etymology
From Proto-Germanic _*upp-_, akin to Old High German _ūf_, Old Norse _upp_
From Proto-Germanic *upp-, akin to Old High German ūf, Old Norse upp
التي في فئةOLD ENGLISH - ALTERNATIVE FORMS
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التي في فئةOLD ENGLISH - ADVERB
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التي في فئةOLD SAXON - ETYMOLOGY
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التي في فئةOLD SAXON - PRONUNCIATION
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التي في فئةOLD SAXON - ADVERB
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التي في فئةOLD SAXON - PREPOSITION
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