up

Verb

• raise
  • up the ante
    

Adverb

• to a later time
  • they moved the meeting date up
    
  • from childhood upward
    

• to a more central or a more northerly place
  • was transferred up to headquarters
    
  • up to Canada for a vacation
    

• nearer to the speaker
  • he walked up and grabbed my lapels
    

• to a higher intensity
  • he turned up the volume
    

• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  • look up!
    
  • the music surged up
    
  • the fragments flew upwards
    
  • prices soared upwards
    
  • upwardly mobile
    

Adjective

• used up
  • time is up
    

• (used of computers) operating properly
  • how soon will the computers be up?
    

• open
  • the windows are up
    

• (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
  • he was up on his homework
    
  • had to be up for the game
    

• extending or moving toward a higher place
  • the up staircase
    
  • a general upward movement of fish
    

• getting higher or more vigorous
  • its an up market
    
  • an improving economy
    

• out of bed
  • are they astir yet?
    
  • up by seven each morning
    

• being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
  • the anchor is up
    
  • the sun is up
    
  • he lay face up
    
  • he is up by a pawn
    
  • the market is up
    
  • the corn is up
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  upwards , upward , upwardly , up(p) , up(a) , upward(a) , improving , astir(p)
• Antonyms: 
  down , downwards , downward , downwardly