up

/ap/

#52 of the most-used English words

noun

1. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
   "Up is a good way to go."
2. A positive thing.
   "I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home."
3. An upstairs room of a two story house.
   "She lives in a two-up two-down."

verb

1. To increase or raise.
   "If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says."
2. To promote.
   "It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President."
3. (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.
   "He just upped and quit."
4. To ascend; to climb up.

Similar: turn up

adjective

1. Facing upwards.
   "Put the notebook face up on the table."
2. On or at a physically higher level.
   "The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country."
3. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
   "Where is the up escalator?"
4. Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
   "The Christmas decorations are up."

adverb

1. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
   "I looked up and saw the airplane overhead."
2. To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
   "All day we climbed up and up."
3. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
   "Cheer up, the weekend's almost here."
4. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
   "A stranger came up and asked me for directions."

Similar: alley oop