Analysis Complete

up

/ up /
verb/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
raise
"up the ante"
Type of:
increase
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite Sense 2
open
"the windows are up"
Similar:
raised
adjective Sense 3
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
"the anchor is up"
"the sun is up"
"he lay face up"
"he is up by a pawn"
"the market is up"
"the corn is up"
Similar:
ahead(p) in the lead leading aweigh dormie dormy heavenward skyward
Opposites:
down
See also:
ascending(a) high
adverb Sense 4
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
"look up!"
"the music surged up"
"the fragments flew upwards"
"prices soared upwards"
"upwardly mobile"
Opposites:
down downwards downward downwardly
adverb Sense 5
to a later time
"they moved the meeting date up"
"from childhood upward"
adverb Sense 6
to a more central or a more northerly place
"was transferred up to headquarters"
"up to Canada for a vacation"
Opposites:
down
adverb Sense 7
nearer to the speaker
"he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
adverb Sense 8
to a higher intensity
"he turned up the volume"
Opposites:
down
adjective satellite Sense 9
getting higher or more vigorous
"its an up market"
"an improving economy"
Similar:
rising
Semantic Complexity
95%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
10
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

increase raised ahead(p) in the lead leading aweigh dormie dormy heavenward skyward down downwards