up
up · adverb
Definitions
adverb
- 1.
Toward the sky or a higher position.
- 2.
To a higher level or value.
- 3.
Out of bed.
- 4.
Into a finished, completed, or closed state.
- 5.
Happening or in progress.
- 6.
From a lower to a higher point of.
- 7.
Directed or moving upward.
- 8.
At an end; finished.
- 9.
To increase in amount, level, or intensity.
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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."