up

up · adverb

imported

Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    Toward the sky or a higher position.

  2. 2.

    To a higher level or value.

  3. 3.

    Out of bed.

  4. 4.

    Into a finished, completed, or closed state.

  5. 5.

    Happening or in progress.

  6. 6.

    From a lower to a higher point of.

  7. 7.

    Directed or moving upward.

  8. 8.

    At an end; finished.

  9. 9.

    To increase in amount, level, or intensity.

Related words

Antonyms: below, down
See also: above, down, rise, upward
Synonyms: above, aloft, upward

Etymology

From Old English "upp" and "up," from Proto-Germanic "upp," from Proto-Indo-European "upo" meaning "up from below." Cognate with German "auf" and Dutch "op."