Verb
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raise
"up the ante"
Adjective
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used up
"time is up"
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(used of computers) operating properly
"how soon will the computers be up?"
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open
"the windows are up"
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(usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness
"he was up on his homework"
"had to be up for the game"
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extending or moving toward a higher place
"the up staircase"
"a general upward movement of fish"
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getting higher or more vigorous
"its an up market"
"an improving economy"
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out of bed
"are they astir yet?"
"up by seven each morning"
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being or moving higher in position or greater in some value
being above a former position or level
"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"
Adverb
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to a later time
"they moved the meeting date up"
"from childhood upward"
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to a more central or a more northerly place
"was transferred up to headquarters"
"up to Canada for a vacation"
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nearer to the speaker
"he walked up and grabbed my lapels"
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to a higher intensity
"he turned up the volume"
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spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
"look up!"
"the music surged up"
"the fragments flew upwards"
"prices soared upwards"
"upwardly mobile"