Meaning & use

up

adverb·Everyday

Toward or in a higher position, place, or level.

See it in a sentence

He climbed up the ladder to fix the broken gutter.

Prices for fuel have gone up sharply over the past few months.

A note on using this word

Up combines with many verbs to form phrasal verbs, such as give up, wake up, and speak up, each with its own meaning.

Words with a similar meaning

upwardaloft

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Words with an opposite meaning

Another way to use it

2. adjective

Functioning correctly or in an active, operational state, especially describing a computer system.

The website was back up within an hour of the outage.

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