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upright

[ uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt ]

adjective

  1. erect or vertical, as in position or posture.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. raised or directed vertically or upward.
  3. adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just:

    an upright person.

    Synonyms:

  4. being in accord with what is right:

    upright dealings.



noun

  1. the state of being upright or vertical.
  2. something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. Usually uprights. Chiefly Football. the goalposts.

adverb

  1. in an upright position or direction; vertically.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make upright.

upright

/ ˈʌˌɪ /

adjective

  1. vertical or erect
  2. honest, honourable, or just
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. vertically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a vertical support, such as a stake or post
  2. short for upright piano
  3. the state of being vertical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make upright
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of upright1

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English upriht (cognate with German aufrecht ); up, right
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Idioms and Phrases

see bolt upright .
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Synonym Study

Upright, erect, vertical, perpendicular imply that something is in the posture of being straight upward, not leaning. That which is upright is in a position corresponding to that of a person standing up: a decaying tree no longer standing upright; an upright piano. Erect emphasizes the straightness of position or posture: proud and erect; A flagpole stands erect. Vertical suggests upward direction, especially along the shortest line from the earth to a level above it: the vertical edge of a door; ornamented by vertical lines. Perpendicular, a term frequently interchangeable with vertical, is used especially in mathematics: the perpendicular side of a right triangle; to erect a perpendicular line from the base of a figure.
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Example Sentences

I remember him saying that in his New York apartment, he practiced Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings on his upright bass while watching snow fall outside his window.

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The New England Piano Company upright has been at the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool since 2015.

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Even the simple act of standing still uses muscles throughout the body to hold you upright.

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However, that Wednesday launch was scrubbed when Cape Canaveral crews detected a problem with a clamp that helps to hold the Falcon 9 rocket upright on the launchpad.

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And the twisted strings of the upright piano she bought soon after she moved to California with the woman she idolized the most: her mother, Ruby.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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