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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up

/ʌp/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.39 in modern English

Syllables
up
IPA
/ʌp/
4
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.

adv

Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.

adv

Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.

adv

Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.

adv

Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as “up”.

adv

Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as “up”.

adv

Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as “up”.

adv

Indicating movement in any other direction visualised as “up”.

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ʌp/
  • British English: /ʌp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ups (plural) ups (present, singular) upping (participle, present) upped (participle, past) upped (past)

Derived Forms

antiup backup bindup buyup dup faceup fillup getup layup linkup lookup moonup

Phrases

any road up balloon goes up bottom-up clean-up close-up double-up draw-up fixer-upper

Frequently Paired Words

all it's cracked up to be back up blow up bottoms up break up buck up buffer up build up

Synonyms

upright alley oop astir upward improving upwards upwardly

Antonyms

down

Rhymes With

cup lay-up yup pup sup closeup rupp krupp upp cupp hupp schupp

Questions

How do you pronounce up?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʌp/.
What does up mean?
Indicating movement towards or location at a higher place or position.
Where does up come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce up

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