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upright
[ uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt ]
adjective
- erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- raised or directed vertically or upward.
- adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just:
an upright person.
Synonyms:
- being in accord with what is right:
upright dealings.
noun
- the state of being upright or vertical.
- something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- an upright piano.
- Usually uprights. Chiefly Football. the goalposts.
adverb
- in an upright position or direction; vertically.
verb (used with object)
- to make upright.
upright
/ ˈʌˌɪ /
adjective
- vertical or erect
- honest, honourable, or just
adverb
- vertically
noun
- a vertical support, such as a stake or post
- short for upright piano
- the state of being vertical
verb
- tr to make upright
Derived Forms
- ˈܱˌٲԱ, noun
- ˈܱˌٱ, adverb
Other yvlogs From
- ܱ۾l adverb
- ܱ۾n noun
- ԴDz·ܱ۾ adjective noun
- non·ܱ۾l adverb
- non·ܱ۾n noun
yvlog History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see bolt upright .Synonym Study
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.
The New England Piano Company upright has been at the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool since 2015.
Even the simple act of standing still uses muscles throughout the body to hold you upright.
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.
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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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