up

(verb) raise. Examples: "Up the ante."

(adj) being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level. Synonyms: up (vs. down). Examples: "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."

(adj) out of bed. Synonyms: astir(predicate), up(predicate). Examples: "Are they astir yet?." "Up by seven each morning."

(adj) getting higher or more vigorous. Synonyms: improving. Examples: "Its an up market." "An improving economy."

(adj) extending or moving toward a higher place. Synonyms: up(prenominal), upward(prenominal). Examples: "The up staircase." "A general upward movement of fish."

(adj) (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness. Synonyms: up(predicate). Examples: "He was up on his homework." "Had to be up for the game."

(adj) open. Examples: "The windows are up."

(adj) (used of computers) operating properly. Synonyms: up(predicate). Examples: "How soon will the computers be up?."

(adj) used up. Synonyms: up(predicate). Examples: "Time is up."

(adv) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. Synonyms: upwards, upward, upwardly. Examples: "Look up!." "The music surged up." "The fragments flew upwards." "Prices soared upwards." "Upwardly mobile."

(adv) to a higher intensity. Examples: "He turned up the volume."

(adv) nearer to the speaker. Examples: "He walked up and grabbed my lapels."

(adv) to a more central or a more northerly place. Examples: "Was transferred up to headquarters." "Up to canada for a vacation."

(adv) to a later time. Synonyms: upwards, upward. Examples: "They moved the meeting date up." "From childhood upward."