up - Meaning in Konkani

up - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of up in English

up adjective

1. out of bed

   Examples

   • "are they astir yet?"
   • "up by seven each morning"
2. used up

   Example

   • "time is up"
3. (used of computers) operating properly

   Example

   • "how soon will the computers be up?"
4. open

   Example

   • "the windows are up"
5. (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness

   Examples

   • "had to be up for the game"
   • "he was up on his homework"
6. extending or moving toward a higher place

   Examples

   • "a general upward movement of fish"
   • "the up staircase"
7. getting higher or more vigorous

   Examples

   • "an improving economy"
   • "its an up market"
8. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

   Examples

   • "he is up by a pawn"
   • "he lay face up"
   • "the anchor is up"
   • "the corn is up"
   • "the market is up"
   • "the sun is up"

up abverb

1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

   Examples

   • "look up!"
   • "prices soared upwards"
   • "the fragments flew upwards"
   • "the music surged up"
   • "upwardly mobile"
2. to a later time

   Examples

   • "from childhood upward"
   • "they moved the meeting date up"
3. to a more central or a more northerly place

   Examples

   • "up to Canada for a vacation"
   • "was transferred up to headquarters"
4. nearer to the speaker

   Example

   • "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
5. to a higher intensity

   Example

   • "he turned up the volume"

up verb

1. raise

   Example

   • "up the ante"

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