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'

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

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to a higher intensity; he turned up the volume'

nearer to the speaker; he walked up and grabbed my lapels'

to a more central or a more northerly place; was transferred up to headquarters; up to Canada for a vacation'

to a later time; they moved the meeting date up; from childhood upward

[ Syn: upwards , upwards , upward , upward , upwards , upwards , upward , upward , upwards , upwards , upward , upward , upwards , upwards , upward , upward ]

out of bed; are they astir yet?; up by seven each morning

[ Syn: astir ]

getting higher or more vigorous; its an up market; an improving economy

[ Syn: improving ]

extending or moving toward a higher place; the up staircase; a general upward movement of fish

[ Syn: upward ]

(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; he was up on his homework; had to be up for the game'

open; the windows are up'

(used of computers) operating properly; how soon will the computers be up?'

used up; time is up'

raise; up the ante'