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▸ adverb:  Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
▸ adverb:  To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
▸ adverb:  To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
▸ adverb:  To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
▸ adverb:  To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
▸ adverb:  (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
▸ adverb:  To or from one's possession or consideration.
▸ adverb:  To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
▸ adverb:  Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
▸ adverb:  (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
▸ adverb:  Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
▸ adverb:  (sailing) Against the wind or current.
▸ adverb:  (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
▸ adverb:  (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
▸ adverb:  (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
▸ adverb:  (UK, academia, dated) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
▸ adjective:  Facing upwards.
▸ adjective:  On or at a physically higher level.
▸ adjective:  Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
▸ adjective:  Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
▸ adjective:  (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
▸ adjective:  Aloft.
▸ adjective:  Raised; lifted.
▸ adjective:  Built, constructed.
▸ adjective:  Standing; upright.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.
▸ adjective:  Awake and out of bed.
▸ adjective:  (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
▸ adjective:  (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
▸ adjective:  Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
▸ adjective:  Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
▸ adjective:  Ahead; leading; winning.
▸ adjective:  (predicative only)
▸ adjective:  In a good mood.
▸ adjective:  (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
▸ adjective:  Next in a sequence.
▸ adjective:  (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
▸ adjective:  (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
▸ adjective:  Well-informed; current.
▸ adjective:  (computing) Functional; working.
▸ adjective:  (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
▸ adjective:  (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice.
▸ adjective:  (slang) Erect.
▸ adjective:  (UK) At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
▸ adjective:  (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
▸ noun:  (countable) A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
▸ noun:  (particle physics) An up quark.
▸ noun:  An upstairs room of a two story house.
▸ verb:  (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
▸ verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
▸ verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To ascend; to climb up.
▸ verb:  (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
▸ noun:  Initialism of Upper Peninsula. [The northern of the two peninsulas that make up the US state of Michigan.]
▸ noun:  (religion) Initialism of United Presbyterian.
▸ noun:  (India) Initialism of Uttar Pradesh. [A state in northern India. Capital: Lucknow.]
▸ noun:  (software) Initialism of Unified Process.
▸ noun:  (Philippines) Initialism of University of the Philippines.
▸ noun:  Initialism of unqualified prospect. [A person or company that is a potential client for a sale, but who has not been previously vetted.]
▸ noun:  Initialism of university press.

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