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up `adverb` [ ʌp ]

• towards a higher place or position.

• "he jumped up"

• at or to a higher level of intensity, volume, or activity.

• "she turned the volume up"

• to the place where someone is.

• "Dot didn't hear Mrs Parvis come creeping up behind her"

• towards or in the capital or a major city.

• "give me a ring when you're up in London"

• into the desired or a proper condition.

• "the government agreed to set up a committee of inquiry"

• into a happy mood.

• "I don't think anything's going to cheer me up"

• out of bed.

• "Miranda hardly ever got up for breakfast"

• displayed on a noticeboard or other publicly visible site.

• "sticking up posters to advertise concerts"

• (of sailing) against the current or the wind.

• "the bow of the boat was brought slowly up into the wind and held there"

• at bat.

• "every time up, he had a different stance"

up `preposition`

• from a lower to a higher point of (something).

• "she climbed up a flight of steps"

• along or further along (a street or road).

• "he lived up the road"

• at or to (a place).

• "we're going up the Palais"

up `adjective`

• directed or moving towards a higher place or position.

• "the up escalator"

• at an end.

• "his contract was up in three weeks"

• (of a road) being repaired.

• (of a computer system) functioning properly.

• "the system is now up"

• in a cheerful mood; ebullient.

• "the mood here is resolutely up"

• (of a jockey) in the saddle.

• denoting a flavour (variety) of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of + 2/3. In the Standard Model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.

up `noun`

• a period of good fortune or positive mood.

• "you can't have ups all the time in football"

up `verb`

• do something unexpectedly.

• "she upped and left him"

• increase (a level or amount).

• "capacity will be upped by 70 per cent next year"

• lift (something) up.

• "everybody was cheering and upping their glasses"

Origin: Old English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf .

up- `prefix`

• (added to verbs and their derivatives) upwards.

• "upturned"

• (added to nouns) denoting motion up.

• "upriver"

• (added to nouns) higher.

• "upland"

UP `abbreviation`

• Upper Peninsula (of the state of Michigan).

• "her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the UP"

• Uttar Pradesh.

be well up on

• be well informed about.
"they are well up on current environmental trends"

it is all up with

• it is the end or there is no hope for.

get it up

• (of a man) achieve an erection.

on the up and up

• becoming more successful.
"his career is certainly on the up and up"

something is up

• something unusual or undesirable is happening.

up against

• close to or in contact with.

up and about

• no longer in bed (after sleep or an illness).

up and doing

• active; busy.
"a normal young chap wants to be up and doing"

up and down

• to and fro.
"she paced up and down in front of her desk"

up and running

• in operation; functioning.
"the new computer is up and running"

up before

• appearing for a hearing in the presence of.
"we'll have to come up before a magistrate"

up for

• available for.
"the house next door is up for sale"

up hill and down dale

• all over the place.
"he led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off"

right up one's street

• well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities.
"this job would be right up your street"

up there Cazaly!

• a cry of encouragement or approval, especially in Australian Rules.
"the footy will be on soon and the familiar cries of ‘up there Cazaly’ will ring out"