(adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.
(adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
(adv.) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
(adv.) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.
(adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
(adv.) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
(prep.) From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.
(prep.) From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
(prep.) Upon.
(n.) The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
(a.) Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
Example Sentences:
Upside
Definition:
(n.) The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
Example Sentences:
(1) In just a week her life has been turned upside down.
(2) If you turn the bowl upside down, the whites should be stiff enough not to fall out.
(3) 'This is the upside of the downside': Women's March finds hope in defiance Read more As thousands gathered for the afternoon rally and march, Trump tweeted his solidarity with their action.
(4) On the upside, this year's monsoon will lead to bumper agricultural production, and the cheaper rupee also comes with a thick silver lining.
(5) My whole world was turned upside down by the brutality of it.
(6) Archer said he was sticking to his view that house prices would see "solid but limited increases" in 2013, but admitted "there is a growing possibility that … house prices could surprise on the upside over the second half of in 2013".
(7) His many books, which included a biography of Oliver Cromwell and a celebration of the radical millenarian groups of the period called The World Turned Upside Down, were widely read.
(8) The rod was rotated 180 degrees so that the mice were oriented upside down on the bottom of the screen.
(9) "As others, we have been surprised on the upside on the growth performance so far this year on the UK" said Moritz Kraemer, S&P's head of sovereign ratings for Europe."
(10) Alonso, after hitting the wall and being catapulted airborne, landed upside down in his McLaren before crawling out of his car.
(11) Passing the scope down the patellofemoral joint allows visualization of the anterior horns of both menisci, the tibial attachment of the anterior cruciate ligament, and the anterior fat pad, but the view on the monitor is upside down.
(12) Hair colouring is one such example: as the great Nora Ephron wrote in her hilarious essay On Maintenance , "Sometimes I think that not having to worry about your hair any more is the secret upside of death," and ain't that the truth.
(13) Mussolini and his mistress hung upside down in Milan by Italian partisans.
(14) Mike van Dulken (@Accendo_Mike) Portuguese GDP upside suprise adds to FR and DE this morning.
(15) Campaigners for a British exit may be disappointed that Mansfield suggests there may be only a small economic upside to a British withdrawal – a 1.1% increase in GDP, which works out at £1.3bn.
(16) It was like seeing herself reflected in a mirror upside down.
(17) The upside is all for Trump.” Historically, the golden rule of Mexico’s foreign policy has been to avoid being seen as taking sides in US politics; hence the two invitations, even though Mexico favours Clinton’s position on a path to citizenship for migrants.
(18) Still, there's an upside to 007's monogamy, and it may just explain how this much-maligned film has wheedled its way so irrevocably into my affections: uniquely in the world of Bond, it allows a vein of romantic adventure to develop that's real, not illusory.
(19) Pressed on whether a cross-party consensus existed, Adonis said: " Increasingly the question is who is going to act rather than just make speeches, and act must mean really serious devolution of resources and also a preparedness to devolve tax resources – this has to be neutral at the point you have to devolve it – so as to give really big incentives to the big cities and county regions to attract business, to be business friendly, to be highly receptive to business innovation because they will keep more of the upside from increased business activity."
(20) While that's going on, Nakazawa accidentally wallops Tulio upside the head.