Meaning & Definition of Up in English

1. Raise

• "Up the ante"

1. 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"

2. Out of bed

• "Are they astir yet?"

• "Up by seven each morning"

3. Getting higher or more vigorous

• "Its an up market"

• "An improving economy"

4. Extending or moving toward a higher place

• "The up staircase"

• "A general upward movement of fish"

5. (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness

• "He was up on his homework"

• "Had to be up for the game"

6. Open

• "The windows are up"

7. (used of computers) operating properly

• "How soon will the computers be up?"

8. Used up

• "Time is up"

1. 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"

2. To a higher intensity

• "He turned up the volume"

3. Nearer to the speaker

• "He walked up and grabbed my lapels"

4. To a more central or a more northerly place

• "Was transferred up to headquarters"

• "Up to canada for a vacation"

5. To a later time

• "They moved the meeting date up"

• "From childhood upward"