upper

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Higher in position than something else.

   She sleeps on the upper bunk of the bed.

2. 2
   adj

   Higher in rank, level, or class.

   He finished in the upper half of his class.

3. 3
   noun

   The top part of a shoe, above the sole.

   The leather upper of the boot had started to crack.

Common collocations

• upper class Adjective + noun
• upper balcony Adjective + noun
• upper bound Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.

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