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• UK: [ʌʔp]
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• UK: [ɐʔp]
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• Northern-England: [ʊp]
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• Canada, General-American: ŭp
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• Canada, General-American: /ʌp/
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• Canada, General-American: [ʌp̚]
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• [ʌp] Ottawa Valley
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ɐp/
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• Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: AH1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

436 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: med forsiden opad — facing upwards
• Dutch: met ... omhoog — facing upwards
• Finnish: ylöspäin — facing upwards
• German: hoch — facing upwards
• Japanese: 上を向けて (ue wo mukete) — facing upwards
• Norwegian: med ... opp — facing upwards
• Portuguese: virado para cima — facing upwards
• Spanish: hacia arriba — facing upwards
• Swahili: juu — facing upwards
• Swedish: med ... uppåt — facing upwards
• Finnish: ylempänä — on a higher level
• Finnish: korkeampana — on a higher level
• German: oben — on a higher level
• Norwegian: oppe — on a higher level
• Portuguese: em cima — on a higher level
• Swahili: juu — on a higher level
• Dutch: op — standing
• Finnish: seisomassa — standing
• Finnish: seisomaan — standing
• French: debout — standing
• German: auf — standing
• Japanese: 上に (ueni) — standing
• Macedonian: станат (stanat) — standing
• Norwegian: opp — standing
• Portuguese: em pé — standing
• Portuguese: de pé — standing
• Spanish: en pie — standing
• Swahili: simama — standing
• Swedish: upp — standing
• Czech: vzhůru — awake
• Danish: oppe — awake
• Dutch: op — awake
• Finnish: hereillä — awake
• Finnish: valveilla — awake
• French: debout — awake
• French: levé — awake
• German: auf — awake
• German: munter — awake
• Hebrew: ער ('er) — awake
• Hebrew: ערה ('erá) — awake
• Hungarian: fent — awake
• Japanese: 起きている (okite iru) — awake
• Latvian: augšā — awake
• Macedonian: разбуден (razbuden) — awake
• Macedonian: расонет (rasonet) — awake
• Norwegian: oppe — awake
• Portuguese: acordado — awake
• Swahili: amka — awake
• Swedish: uppe — awake
• Zazaki: acor — awake
• Dutch: beschikbaar — available
• Finnish: saatavilla — available
• Norwegian: oppe — available
• Swahili: patikana — available
• Swedish: uppe — available
• Dutch: op — finished
• Finnish: loppu — finished
• German: um — finished
• German: zu Ende — finished
• German: alle — finished
• German: beendet — finished
• German: aus — finished
• Japanese: 終わり (owari) — finished
• Macedonian: истечен (istečen) — finished
• Malay: habis — finished
• Malay: tamat — finished
• Norwegian: ute — finished
• Portuguese: acabado — finished
• Spanish: terminado — finished
• Spanish: acabado — finished
• Swahili: maliza — finished
• Czech: nahoře — in a good mood
• Dutch: opgewekt — in a good mood
• Finnish: iloinen — in a good mood
• Japanese: 良い (yoi) — in a good mood
• Malay: riang — in a good mood
• Norwegian: oppesen — in a good mood
• Portuguese: bem — in a good mood
• Swahili: tabamu — in a good mood
• Dutch: klaar — ready, willing
• Dutch: bereid — ready, willing
• French: partant — ready, willing
• German: bereit — ready, willing
• Japanese: 気が向いている (kiga-muite iru) — ready, willing
• Norwegian: klar — ready, willing
• Portuguese: pronto — ready, willing
• Spanish: listo — ready, willing
• Swahili: kubali — ready, willing
• Dutch: aan — next
• Dutch: aan de beurt — next
• Finnish: seuraavana — next
• German: dran — next
• Japanese: 控えている (hikaete iru) — next
• Norwegian: i tur — next
• Portuguese: próximo — next
• Spanish: próximo — next
• Swahili: ingine — next
• Danish: med — informed about
• Dutch: mee — informed about
• Finnish: ajan tasalla — informed about
• Japanese: 上がっている (agatte iru) — informed about
• Norwegian: med — informed about
• Norwegian: oppdatert — informed about
• Portuguese: a par — informed about
• Portuguese: por dentro — informed about
• Swahili: juu — informed about
• Swedish: med — informed about
• Swedish: uppdaterad — informed about
• Danish: oppe — functional
• Dutch: in orde — functional
• Dutch: functioneel — functional
• Finnish: ylhäällä — functional
• Finnish: toiminnassa — functional
• French: en marche — functional
• German: in Betrieb — functional
• German: an — functional
• Norwegian: oppe — functional
• Spanish: en marcha — functional
• Swahili: juu — functional
• Japanese: 上り方向に (nobori-hōkō ni) — rail transport: traveling towards a major terminus
• Norwegian: utgående — rail transport: traveling towards a major terminus
• Swahili: juu — rail transport: traveling towards a major terminus
• Dutch: stijf — erect
• French: au garde-à-vous — erect
• Portuguese: ereto — erect
• Zazaki: anvero (diq) — erect
• Albanian: lart — away from earth’s surface
• Arabic: فَوْقَ (fawqa) — away from earth’s surface
• Arabic: فَوْق (fawq) — away from earth’s surface
• Arabic: فوق (fōʔ) — away from earth’s surface
• Arabic: فوق (fōg) — away from earth’s surface
• Arabic: فوق (fōʔ) — away from earth’s surface
• Armenian: վեր (ver) — away from earth’s surface
• Armenian: վերեւ (verew) — away from earth’s surface
• Aromanian: sus (roa-rup) — away from earth’s surface
• Aromanian: nsus — away from earth’s surface
• Aromanian: nsusu — away from earth’s surface
• Asturian: arriba — away from earth’s surface
• Azerbaijani: yuxarı — away from earth’s surface
• Azerbaijani: yuxarıya — away from earth’s surface
• Bashkir: өҫкә (öśkə) — away from earth’s surface
• Bashkir: юғары (yuğarı) — away from earth’s surface
• Basque: gora — away from earth’s surface
• Belarusian: наве́рх (navjérx) — away from earth’s surface
• Belarusian: уве́рх (uvjérx) — away from earth’s surface
• Belarusian: ўверх (wvjerx) — away from earth’s surface
• Belarusian: наве́рсе (navjérsje) — away from earth’s surface
• Belarusian: уве́рсе (uvjérsje) — away from earth’s surface
• Belarusian: ўве́рсе (wvjérsje) — away from earth’s surface
• Bulgarian: наго́ре (nagóre) — away from earth’s surface
• Catalan: amunt — away from earth’s surface
• Chamicuro: onojko — away from earth’s surface
• Chechen: хьала (ḥrala) — away from earth’s surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 上 (shàng) — away from earth’s surface
• Cornish: yn-bann — away from earth’s surface
• Czech: nahoru — away from earth’s surface
• Czech: vzhůru — away from earth’s surface
• Czech: nahoře — away from earth’s surface
• Danish: opad — away from earth’s surface
• Dutch: omhoog — away from earth’s surface
• Dutch: opwaarts — away from earth’s surface
• Eshtehardi: بالا (bâlâ) — away from earth’s surface
• Esperanto: supren — away from earth’s surface
• Estonian: üles — away from earth’s surface
• Even: өгэски (ögəski) — away from earth’s surface
• Evenki: угиски (ugiski) — away from earth’s surface
• Faroese: upp — away from earth’s surface
• Finnish: ylös — away from earth’s surface
• Finnish: ylöspäin — away from earth’s surface
• French: en haut — away from earth’s surface
• Friulian: sù — away from earth’s surface
• Galician: arriba — away from earth’s surface
• German: oben — away from earth’s surface
• German: nach oben — away from earth’s surface
• German: empor — away from earth’s surface
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup) — away from earth’s surface
• Greek: πάνω (páno) — away from earth’s surface
• Ancient Greek: ἄνω (ánō) — away from earth’s surface
• Hebrew: מעלה (má'ala) — away from earth’s surface
• Hebrew: למעלה (lemá'ala) — away from earth’s surface
• Hindi: ऊपर (ūpar) — away from earth’s surface
• Hungarian: fel — away from earth’s surface
• Icelandic: uppi — away from earth’s surface
• Irish: thuas — away from earth’s surface
• Irish: suas — away from earth’s surface
• Irish: in airde — away from earth’s surface
• Italian: su — away from earth’s surface
• Japanese: 上に (ue ni) — away from earth’s surface
• Khmer: ឡើង (laəng) — away from earth’s surface
• Korean: 위에 (wie) — away from earth’s surface
• Korean: 위로 (wiro) — away from earth’s surface
• Central Kurdish: سسەرەوە (sserewe) — away from earth’s surface
• Northern Kurdish: jor — away from earth’s surface
• Northern Kurdish: serî — away from earth’s surface
• Northern Kurdish: silal — away from earth’s surface
• Ladino: arriva — away from earth’s surface
• Lao: ຂຶ້ນ (khưn) — away from earth’s surface
• Latin: sūrsum — away from earth’s surface
• Latvian: augšā — away from earth’s surface
• Lithuanian: į viršų — away from earth’s surface
• Lombard: su — away from earth’s surface
• Lombard: sü — away from earth’s surface
• Luhya: engaki — away from earth’s surface
• Luo: malo — away from earth’s surface
• Macedonian: нагоре (nagore) — away from earth’s surface
• Malay: ke atas — away from earth’s surface
• Manx: heose — away from earth’s surface
• Manx: neese — away from earth’s surface
• Manx: seose — away from earth’s surface
• Marathi: वर (var) — away from earth’s surface
• Mirandese: arriba — away from earth’s surface
• Mongolian: дээш (deeš) — away from earth’s surface
• Mongolian: өөд (ööd) — away from earth’s surface
• Nanai: уйси (ujsi) — away from earth’s surface
• Navajo: dah — away from earth’s surface
• Navajo: deigo — away from earth’s surface
• Norwegian: opp — away from earth’s surface
• Occitan: amont — away from earth’s surface
• Old English: uppe — away from earth’s surface
• Old English: upp — away from earth’s surface
• Persian: بالا (bâlâ) — away from earth’s surface
• Persian: ابَر (abar) — away from earth’s surface
• Persian: بُرز (borz) — away from earth’s surface
• Persian: فراز (farâz) — away from earth’s surface
• Plautdietsch: nopp — away from earth’s surface
• Polish: do góry — away from earth’s surface
• Polish: w górę — away from earth’s surface
• Polish: na górze — away from earth’s surface
• Portuguese: (para) cima — away from earth’s surface
• Portuguese: acima — away from earth’s surface
• Romanian: sus — away from earth’s surface
• Romansh: si — away from earth’s surface
• Romansh: sen — away from earth’s surface
• Romansh: se — away from earth’s surface
• Romansh: sü — away from earth’s surface
• Russian: вве́рх (vvérx) — away from earth’s surface
• Russian: наве́рх (navérx) — away from earth’s surface
• Russian: вверху́ (vverxú) — away from earth’s surface
• Russian: наверху́ (naverxú) — away from earth’s surface
• Scottish Gaelic: suas — away from earth’s surface
• Scottish Gaelic: a-nìos — away from earth’s surface
• Scottish Gaelic: shuas — away from earth’s surface
• Sicilian: nsusu — away from earth’s surface
• Sicilian: n susu — away from earth’s surface
• Slovak: hore — away from earth’s surface
• Slovene: gôr — away from earth’s surface
• Lower Sorbian: górjejce — away from earth’s surface
• Spanish: arriba — away from earth’s surface
• Spanish: suso — away from earth’s surface
• Spanish: asuso — away from earth’s surface
• Swahili: juu — away from earth’s surface
• Swedish: upp — away from earth’s surface
• Swedish: uppåt — away from earth’s surface
• Thai: ขึ้น (kʉ̂n) — away from earth’s surface
• Tibetan: ཡར (yar) — away from earth’s surface
• Tibetan: གྱེན (gyen) — away from earth’s surface
• Tocharian B: kauc — away from earth’s surface
• Turkish: yukarı — away from earth’s surface
• Turkish: yukarıya — away from earth’s surface
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری (yukarı) — away from earth’s surface
• Ukrainian: вго́ру (vhóru) — away from earth’s surface
• Ukrainian: догори́ (dohorý) — away from earth’s surface
• Ukrainian: вгорі́ (vhorí) — away from earth’s surface
• Urdu: اوپر (ūpar) — away from earth’s surface
• Venetan: su — away from earth’s surface
• Venetan: so — away from earth’s surface
• Venetan: suxo — away from earth’s surface
• Vietnamese: lên — away from earth’s surface
• Volapük: löp — away from earth’s surface
• Welsh: i fyny — away from earth’s surface
• Welsh: lan — away from earth’s surface
• Yakut: үөһэ (üöhe) — away from earth’s surface
• Yiddish: אַרויף (aroyf) — away from earth’s surface
• Zazaki: cor (diq) — away from earth’s surface
• Zazaki: po — away from earth’s surface
• Danish: itu — completely, thoroughly
• Danish: i stykker — completely, thoroughly
• Dutch: ver- — completely, thoroughly
• Estonian: üles — completely, thoroughly
• Finnish: palasiksi — completely, thoroughly
• Finnish: osiin — completely, thoroughly
• Finnish: murskaksi — completely, thoroughly
• Finnish: pirstaleiksi — completely, thoroughly
• German: ver- — completely, thoroughly
• German: er- — completely, thoroughly
• Latin: con- — completely, thoroughly
• Latin: per- — completely, thoroughly
• Macedonian: ис- (is-) — completely, thoroughly
• Macedonian: из- (iz-) — completely, thoroughly
• Norwegian: opp — completely, thoroughly
• Polish: z- — completely, thoroughly
• Russian: на ча́сти (na části) — completely, thoroughly
• Russian: на куски́ (na kuskí) — completely, thoroughly
• Swedish: för- — completely, thoroughly
• Swedish: till — completely, thoroughly
• Swedish: upp — completely, thoroughly
• Swedish: isär — completely, thoroughly
• Swedish: itu — completely, thoroughly
• Zazaki: po — completely, thoroughly
• Danish: op — north
• Finnish: pohjoinen — north
• Japanese: 北に (kita ni) — north
• Central Kurdish: باکور (bakur) — north
• Norwegian: opp — north
• Portuguese: em cima — north
• Portuguese: acima — north
• Swahili: juu — north
• Zazaki: zıme (diq) — north
• Cornish: ughella — higher, louder
• Danish: op — higher, louder
• Dutch: omhoog — higher, louder
• Estonian: üles — higher, louder
• Finnish: ylemmäs — higher, louder
• Japanese: 上に (ue ni) — higher, louder
• Central Kurdish: بەرز (berz) — higher, louder
• Latvian: augstāk — higher, louder
• Macedonian: повисоко (povisoko) — higher, louder
• Macedonian: погласно (poglasno) — higher, louder
• Norwegian: opp — higher, louder
• Portuguese: aumentar — higher, louder
• Portuguese: elevar — higher, louder
• Russian: вы́ше (výše) — higher, louder
• Russian: гро́мче (grómče) — higher, louder
• Slovak: hore — higher, louder
• Swahili: juu — higher, louder
• Swedish: upp — higher, louder
• Zazaki: anvero (diq) — higher, louder
• Danish: op — higher in pitch
• Dutch: omhoog — higher in pitch
• Finnish: ylemmäs — higher in pitch
• Finnish: korkeammaksi — higher in pitch
• French: haut — higher in pitch
• Macedonian: повисоко (povisoko) — higher in pitch
• Norwegian: opp — higher in pitch
• Portuguese: aumentar — higher in pitch
• Portuguese: elevar — higher in pitch
• Russian: вы́ше (výše) — higher in pitch
• Swahili: juu — higher in pitch
• Swedish: upp — higher in pitch
• Zazaki: anvero (diq) — higher in pitch
• Japanese: 上りに (nobori ni) — rail transport: the direction towards milepost zero
• Zazaki: serane — rail transport: the direction towards milepost zero
• Dutch: omhoog — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• Esperanto: supren — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• Finnish: ylös — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• French: haut — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• Japanese: 上 (ue) — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• Korean: 위 (wi) — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• Macedonian: нагоре (nagore) — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• Swahili: juu — direction opposed to the pull of gravity
• Arabic: لِأَعْلَى (liʔaʕlā) — toward the top
• Catalan: dalt — toward the top
• Danish: op i — toward the top
• Dutch: op — toward the top
• Dutch: omhoog — toward the top
• Faroese: upp eftir — toward the top
• Finnish: ylös — toward the top
• French: vers le haut — toward the top
• French: monter — toward the top
• German: hinauf — toward the top
• German: hoch — toward the top
• Greek: πάνω (páno) — toward the top
• Hebrew: מעלה (máala) — toward the top
• Hebrew: למעלה (lemáala) — toward the top
• Irish: suas — toward the top
• Japanese: 上に (ue ni) — toward the top
• Khmer: ទៅខាងលើ (tɨv khaang lǝǝ) — toward the top
• Central Kurdish: سەرەوە (serewe) — toward the top
• Latin: super — toward the top
• Latin: supra — toward the top
• Latvian: augšup — toward the top
• Malay: ke atas — toward the top
• Malay: naik — toward the top
• Māori: ake — toward the top
• Mirandese: alhá riba — toward the top
• Navajo: de — toward the top
• Navajo: dei — toward the top
• Norwegian: oppover — toward the top
• Occitan: sus — toward the top
• Occitan: subre — toward the top
• Polish: w górę — toward the top
• Polish: do góry — toward the top
• Portuguese: alto — toward the top
• Portuguese: no alto — toward the top
• Portuguese: para o alto — toward the top
• Russian: вве́рх (vvérx) — toward the top
• Russian: наве́рх (navérx) — toward the top
• Scottish Gaelic: suas — toward the top
• Scottish Gaelic: a-nìos — toward the top
• Scottish Gaelic: a-nuas — toward the top
• Spanish: hacia arriba — toward the top
• Swahili: juu — toward the top
• Swedish: uppåt — toward the top
• Welsh: i fyny — toward the top
• Welsh: lan — toward the top
• Zazaki: anvero (diq) — toward the top
• Danish: op ad — further along
• Dutch: langs — further along
• Finnish: pitkin — further along
• German: weiter — further along
• Norwegian: oppover — further along
• Portuguese: adiante — further along
• Russian: да́льше (dálʹše) — further along
• Scottish Gaelic: suas — further along
• Swahili: mbali — further along
• Swedish: längs — further along
• Czech: zvýšit — increase
• Danish: forøge — increase
• Dutch: omhoogdraaien — increase
• Dutch: verhogen — increase
• Dutch: opschroeven — increase
• Finnish: nostaa — increase
• Finnish: kasvattaa — increase
• German: aufdrehen — increase
• German: erhöhen — increase
• Japanese: 上げる (ageru) — increase
• Macedonian: зголемува (zgolemuva) — increase
• Macedonian: повишува (povišuva) — increase
• Malay: menaikkan — increase
• Malay: meningkatkan — increase
• Norwegian: høyne — increase
• Norwegian: øke — increase
• Scottish Gaelic: èirich — increase
• Swahili: kuongeza — increase
• Swedish: höja — increase
• Czech: povýšit — promote
• Danish: forfremme — promote
• Dutch: promoveren — promote
• Finnish: nostaa — promote
• Japanese: 上げる (ageru) — promote
• Macedonian: унапредува (unapreduva) — promote
• Norwegian: forfremme — promote
• Portuguese: promover — promote
• Scottish Gaelic: èirich — promote
• Scottish Gaelic: àrdaich — promote
• Swahili: kupandisha cheo — promote