upright

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Standing straight up; vertical.

   Please return your seat to the upright position for landing.

2. 2
   adj

   Honest and following good moral principles.

   He was known as an upright and honest judge.

3. 3
   adv

   In a straight, vertical position.

   I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

4. 4
   noun

   A vertical post or support in a structure.

   The ball sailed between the uprights for a goal.

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).

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