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up Definition
(a)
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
"
(r)
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
"
(r)
to
a
higher
intensity
; "
he
turned
up
the
volume
"
(r)
nearer
to
the
speaker
; "
he
walked
up
and
grabbed
my
lapels
"
(r)
to
a
more
central
or
a
more
northerly
place
; "
was
transferred
up
to
headquarters
"; "
up
to
Canada
for
a
vacation
"
(r)
to
a
later
time
; "
they
moved
the
meeting
date
up
"; "
from
childhood
upward
"
(s)
getting
higher
or
more
vigorous
; "
its
an
up
market
"; "
an
improving
economy
"
(s)
open
; "
the
windows
are
up
"
(v)
raise
; "
up
the
ante
"
up Synonyms
improving
up
upward
upwardly
upwards
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