up

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

   look up!

2. 2
   adv

   to a later time

   they moved the meeting date up

3. 3
   adv

   to a more central or a more northerly place

   was transferred up to headquarters

4. 4
   adv

   nearer to the speaker

   They walked up, grabbed my lapels, and whispered the password to me.

5. 5
   adv

   to a higher intensity

   The DJ turned up the volume.

6. 6
   adj

   open

   the windows are up

7. 7
   adj

   getting higher or more vigorous

   its an up market

8. 8
   verb

   raise

   up the ante

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up English up From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ap (“up”), West Frisian op (“up”), Dutch op (“up”), German Low German up, op (“up”), German auf (“up”), Danish op (“up”), Swedish upp (“up”), Icelandic upp (“up”), Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup, “up”).