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      up
      noun
      (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
      (countable) A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
      (particle physics) An up quark.
      An upstairs room of a two story house.
      Initialism of Upper Peninsula. [The northern of the two peninsulas that make up the US state of Michigan.]
      Initialism of Uttar Pradesh: a state of India. [A state in northern India. Capital: Lucknow.]
      (Philippines) Initialism of University of the Philippines.
      (religion) Initialism of United Presbyterian.
      (software) Initialism of Unified Process.
      Initialism of unqualified prospect. [A person or company that is a potential client for a sale, but who has not been previously vetted.]
      Initialism of university press.
      verb
      (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
      (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
      (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
      (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
      (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
      (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To ascend; to climb up.
      adjective
      Facing upwards.
      On or at a physically higher level.
      Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
      Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
      (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
      Aloft.
      Raised; lifted.
      Built, constructed.
      Standing; upright.
      Awake and out of bed.
      (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
      (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
      Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
      Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
      Ahead; leading; winning.
      (predicative only) Finished, to an end
      In a good mood.
      (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
      Next in a sequence.
      (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
      (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
      Well-informed; current.
      (computing) Functional; working.
      (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
      (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice.
      (slang) Erect.
      (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
      (UK, dated) At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
      (obsolete) Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.
      adverb
      Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
      Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
      To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
      To an upright or erect position.
      (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
      Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as "up".
      To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
      To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
      Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
      (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
      (sailing) Against the wind or current.
      Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
      (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
      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.
      (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
      To one's possession or consideration.
      From one's possession or consideration.
      Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
      (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
      (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
      (UK, academia, dated) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
      Synonyms for up
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