Ups

noun

/ʌps/

Word Frequency: 5.2

Definitions

1.nounThe direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

"Up is a good way to go."

2.nounA positive thing.

"I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home."

3.nounAn upstairs room of a two story house.

"She lives in a two-up two-down."

4.verbTo increase or raise.

"If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says."

5.verbTo promote.

"It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President."

6.verb(usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.

"He just upped and quit."

7.verbTo ascend; to climb up.

8.verbTo upload.

"100 new apps and games have just been upped."

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