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(adverb)
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towards a higher place or position
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he jumped up
two of the men hoisted her up
the curtain went up
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(adverb)
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at or to a higher level of intensity, volume, or activity
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she turned the volume up
liven up the graphics
US environmental groups had been stepping up their attack on GATT
(adverb)
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to the place where someone is
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Dot didn't hear Mrs Parvis come creeping up behind her
(adverb)
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towards or in the capital or a major city
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give me a ring when you're up in London
(adverb)
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into the desired or a proper condition
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the government agreed to set up a committee of inquiry
(adverb)
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into a happy mood
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I don't think anything's going to cheer me up
(adverb)
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out of bed
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Miranda hardly ever got up for breakfast
(adverb)
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displayed on a noticeboard or other publicly visible site
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sticking up posters to advertise concerts
(adverb)
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(of sailing) against the current or the wind
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the bow of the boat was brought slowly up into the wind and held there
(adverb)
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at bat
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every time up, he had a different stance
(preposition)
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from a lower to a higher point of (something)
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she climbed up a flight of steps
(preposition)
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along or further along (a street or road)
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he lived up the road
walking up the street
(preposition)
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at or to (a place)
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we're going up the Palais
(adjective)
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directed or moving towards a higher place or position
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the up escalator
(adjective)
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at an end
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his contract was up in three weeks
time's up
(adjective)
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(of a road) being repaired.
(adjective)
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(of a computer system) functioning properly
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the system is now up
(adjective)
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in a cheerful mood; ebullient
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the mood here is resolutely up
(adjective)
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(of a jockey) in the saddle.
(adjective)
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denoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of +2/3. In the Standard Model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.
(noun)
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a period of good fortune or positive mood
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you can't have ups all the time in football
(verb)
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do something unexpectedly
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she upped and left him
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(verb)
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increase (a level or amount)
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capacity will be upped by 70 per cent next year
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(verb)
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lift (something) up
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everybody was cheering and upping their glasses
(residual)
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Upper Peninsula (of the state of Michigan)
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her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the UP
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Uttar Pradesh.
