up
Pronunciation
[change]Preposition
[change]- Directed or movingupwards.
- The flag isup.
- Toward the top or away from theEarth.
- The balloon wentup.
- If a task or result isupto you, it means you are in charge of deciding or doing it.
- The outcome of the game isupto the players.
- It isupto you to choose the restaurant for dinner.
- If you areupto something, you are doing or planning it.
- What are youupto this evening?
- We had better make sure he's notupto something stupid again.
- She's alwaysupto some kind of trouble.
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[change]Adjective
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Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- Positive.
- It was anupday.
- (not before a noun)Cheerful,optimistic.
- Synonyms:cheerful,optimistic,positiveandlighthearted
- He is feelingup.
- (not before a noun)Happening,occurring.
- Synonyms:happening,occurring,passing,in transitionandnew
- What’sup?
- They act like something isup.
- (not before a noun)Wrong.
- Synonyms:wrong,problematicandtroubling
- Something isupwith him.
- (not before a noun)Finished.
- Synonyms:finished,over,doneanddiscovered
- It is allupwith them.
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[change]Noun
[change]- State of being up, often withdown.
- Synonyms:high point,high,peakandcrest
- Life has itsupsand downs.
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[change]Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- Increase, increment.
- Weuppedthe dosage.
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