up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
raise
up the ante
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
the anchor is up
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
look up!
Related & opposite
- down antonym
Sense 4 adverb
to a higher intensity
he turned up the volume
Related & opposite
- down antonym
Sense 5 adjective
getting higher or more vigorous
its an up market
Related & opposite
- rising similar to
Sense 6 adverb
nearer to the speaker
he walked up and grabbed my lapels
Sense 7 adverb
to a more central or a more northerly place
was transferred up to headquarters
Related & opposite
- down antonym
Sense 8 adverb
to a later time
they moved the meeting date up
Sense 9 adjective
open
the windows are up
Related & opposite
- raised similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | high |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | ascendinga |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | down |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | aheadp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | aweigh |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dormie |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | heavenward |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | risen |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sprouted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | upbound |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | upfield |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | upward |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | down |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | down |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | rising |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | down |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | raised |