up

From Wiktionary
up is on the Basic English 850 List.
unit - up - use
up is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
until - up - upon

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Preposition
up

  1. Directed or moving upwords.
    The flag is up.
  2. Toward the top or away from the Earth.
    The balloon went up.
  3. If a task or result is up to you, it means you are in charge of deciding or doing it.
    The outcome of the game is up to the players.
    It is up to you to choose the restaurant for dinner .
  4. If you are up to something, you are doing or planning it.
    What are you up to this evening?
    We had better make sure he's not up to something stupid again.
    She's always up to some kind of trouble.

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Adjective[change]

Positive
up

Comparative
none

Superlative
none

  1. Positive.
    It was an up day.
  2. Cheerful, optimistic.
    He is feeling up.
  3. Happening, occurring.
    What’s up?
    They act like something is up.
  4. Wrong.
    Something is up with him.
  5. Finished.
    It is all up with them.

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Noun[change]

Singular
up

Plural
ups

  1. State of being up, often with down.
    Life has its ups and downs.

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Verb[change]

Plain form
up

Third-person singular
ups

Past tense
upped

Past participle
upped

Present participle
upping

  1. Increase, increment.
    We upped the dosage.

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Directions (edit)

north - east - south - west

up - down | forward - backward | left - right