up

preposition

Senses

  • toward the top

up

adjective

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • positive : up
  • superlative : upmost

Senses

  • spatial: movement/location toward the top of some framework
  • awake and perhaps out of bed/mobile
  • informed with current knowledge
  • toward the foreground; 'come' sense, anchored to a location but not a particular direction.
  • toward the background; 'go' sense, anchored to a location but not a particular direction
  • distance measurement

up

noun

Related

Derived from up

Forms

  • singular : up
  • plural : ups

Senses

  • rise in life, spell of prosperity

up

verb

Forms

  • simple present : up
  • simple present, singular, third person : ups
  • simple past : upped
  • present participle : upping
  • past participle : upped

Senses

  • to come up to (the mark)
  • make higher