up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŭp
ipa: /ʌp/
ipa: [ɐʔp]
ipa: [ʊp]
enpr: ŭp
ipa: /ʌp/
ipa: [ʌp̚]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ʌp]
note: Ottawa Valley
ipa: [ʊp]
ipa: /ɐp/
rhymes: -ʌp
Etymology: From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian ap (“up”), West Frisian op (“up”), Dutch op (“up”), German Low German up, op (“up”), German auf (“up”), Danish op (“up”), Swedish upp (“up”), Icelandic upp (“up”), Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup, “up”).
Senses: examples: text: Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is up.
text: Suppose that we roll a fair die and flip a fair coin in a game that awards 10 dollars whenever one pip shows on the up face of the die and 2 dollars whenever a head shows on the up side of the coin.
ref: 1983, Gary E. Meek, Stephen J. Turner, Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions, page 41:
glosses: Facing upwards.
examples: text: The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country.
glosses: On or at a physically higher level.
examples: text: Where is the up escalator?
glosses: Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
examples: text: All the notices are up now.
text: The Christmas decorations are up.
glosses: Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
examples: text: Is your new video up yet? I looked on the website, but I couldn't find it.
glosses: Available to view or use; made public; posted.
examples: text: The kite is up!
glosses: Aloft.
examples: text: The castle drawbridge was up.
text: Don't go into the living room just now – I've got the carpet up.
glosses: Raised; lifted.
examples: text: Are the new buildings up yet?
glosses: Built, constructed.
examples: text: The audience were up and on their feet.
glosses: Standing; upright.
examples: text: The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin,
Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire:
The Commons nowe are vp in Kent, let vs not ſuffer this firſt attempt too farre.
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
glosses: Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.
examples: text: I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
glosses: Awake and out of bed.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: Riding the horse; mounted.
examples: text: It'll get warmer once the sun's up.
text: 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.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: Above the horizon, in the sky.
raw_tags: of the sun or moon
examples: text: Sales are up compared to last quarter.
text: My temperature is up this morning.
glosses: Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
examples: text: The barometer is up, so fine weather should be on the way.
glosses: Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
examples: text: The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
glosses: Ahead; leading; winning.
examples: text: Time is up!
text: Her contract is up next month, so it's time to negotiate another one.
glosses: Finished, to an end
examples: text: I’m feeling up today.
glosses: In a good mood.
examples: text: If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
qualifier: usually in the phrase up for
glosses: Willing; ready.
examples: text: Smith is up to bat.
glosses: Next in a sequence.
examples: text: What's up, bro?
text: What is up with that project at headquarters?
text: When I saw his face, I knew something was up.
glosses: Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
examples: AAKK = aces up
QQ33 = queens up
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
examples: text: I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
glosses: Well-informed; current.
examples: text: Is the server back up?
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Functional; working.
examples: text: The London train is on the up line.
glosses: Traveling towards a major terminus.
raw_tags: of a railway line or train
examples: text: Would you like that drink up or on ice?
glosses: Chilled and served without ice.
glosses: Erect.
examples: text: When I was up (1965–68) I had a group of idle friends who occupied their time and mine betting on horses, getting drunk and sprawling about telling creepy tales.
ref: 2002, Philip Pullman, “Dreaming of Spires”, in Daemon Voices, Vintage, published 2017, page 98:
glosses: At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
examples: text: Being "up" means having numerous graffiti in the tagging landscape.
ref: 1996, Matthew Busby Hunt, The Sociolinguistics of Tagging and Chicano Gang Graffiti, page 71:
text: 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.
ref: 2009, Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground, pages 16–40:
text: 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.
ref: 2011, Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti:
text: Won by Park Top (Lester Piggott up), at Epsom on June 5, 1969
ref: 2003, Nicolas Barker, The Devonshire Inheritance: Five Centuries of Collecting at Chatsworth:
topics: arts
graffiti
visual-arts
glosses: well-known; renowned
Derived terms: know which end is up
Stonebeck Up
up and running
Up Exe
up for grabs
upside
upside down