name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uphold
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌʌpˈhəʊld/
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rhymes with -əʊld
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 P HH OW1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? Similarly, both the Government and the EU argued at the time the deal was agreed that they were upholding the Good Friday Agreement by implementing the Protocol.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defend, support, fend for
verb
Meaning 6
support against an opponent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The appellate court upheld the verdict
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maintain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confirm, reassert
Narrower terms: justify, vindicate
verb
Meaning 7
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- preserve the peace in the family
- continue the family tradition
- Carry on the old traditions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: continue, carry on, bear on, preserve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keep, maintain, hold
Narrower terms: resume, restart, re-start, persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on, perpetuate, prolong, sustain, keep up, mummify
History
Etymology
From Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- + hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop, cease, hold up”), German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”). Compare also Middle Low German upholt, Old Norse upphald (“uphold, support”).
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رَفَعَ (rafaʕa) — to hold up
- Bulgarian: повдигам (povdigam) — to hold up
- Dutch: hoog houden — to hold up
- Finnish: nostaa — to hold up
- Finnish: pitää yllä — to hold up
- German: emporhalten — to hold up
- German: hochheben — to hold up
- German: hochhalten — to hold up
- Japanese: 掲げる (kaka-geru) — to hold up
- Latin: tueor — to hold up
- Māori: whakamaranga — to hold up
- Norwegian Bokmål: hevde — to hold up
- Norwegian Bokmål: lufte — to hold up
- Norwegian Bokmål: heve — to hold up
- Russian: поднима́ть (podnimátʹ) — to hold up
- Spanish: elevar — to hold up
- Spanish: levantar — to hold up
- Arabic: سَنَدَ (sanada) — to keep erect
- Bulgarian: поддържам (poddǎržam) — to keep erect
- Catalan: sostenir — to keep erect
- Dutch: schragen — to keep erect
- Dutch: steunen — to keep erect
- Dutch: ondersteunen — to keep erect
- Finnish: tukea — to keep erect
- Finnish: pitää pystyssä — to keep erect
- French: soutenir — to keep erect
- German: emporhalten — to keep erect
- German: hochhalten — to keep erect
- German: aufrecht halten — to keep erect
- German: aufrechterhalten — to keep erect
- Latin: tueor — to keep erect
- Māori: tautīnei — to keep erect
- Norwegian Bokmål: holde — to keep erect
- Russian: подде́рживать (poddérživatʹ) — to keep erect
- Russian: сохраня́ть (soxranjátʹ) — to keep erect
- Russian: отстаива́ть (otstaivátʹ) — to keep erect
- Russian: ока́зывать подде́ржку (okázyvatʹ poddéržku) — to keep erect
- Spanish: sustentar — to keep erect
- Spanish: sostener — to keep erect
- Spanish: mantener — to keep erect
- Spanish: enforzar — to keep erect
- Arabic: دَعَمَ (daʕama) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Bulgarian: подкрепям (podkrepjam) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Bulgarian: насърчавам (nasǎrčavam) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Dutch: ondersteunen — to support by approval or encouragement
- Dutch: staande houden — to support by approval or encouragement
- Dutch: verdedigen — to support by approval or encouragement
- Dutch: bevestigen — to support by approval or encouragement
- Finnish: ylläpitää — to support by approval or encouragement
- Finnish: pitää yllä — to support by approval or encouragement
- Finnish: pysyttää voimassa — to support by approval or encouragement
- Finnish: pitää ennallaan — to support by approval or encouragement
- French: soutenir — to support by approval or encouragement
- German: unterstützen — to support by approval or encouragement
- German: verteidigen — to support by approval or encouragement
- German: bestätigen — to support by approval or encouragement
- Indonesian: menyangga — to support by approval or encouragement
- Indonesian: mendukung — to support by approval or encouragement
- Indonesian: menyokong — to support by approval or encouragement
- Indonesian: menjaga — to support by approval or encouragement
- Indonesian: melestarikan — to support by approval or encouragement
- Italian: difendere — to support by approval or encouragement
- Italian: sostenere — to support by approval or encouragement
- Italian: confermare — to support by approval or encouragement
- Japanese: 支持する (shiji-suru) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Japanese: 支える (sasaeru) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Japanese: 保つ (tamotsu) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Māori: tautīnei — to support by approval or encouragement
- Norwegian Bokmål: støtte — to support by approval or encouragement
- Portuguese: suportar — to support by approval or encouragement
- Russian: одобря́ть (odobrjátʹ) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Russian: подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ) — to support by approval or encouragement
- Scots: uphaud — to support by approval or encouragement
- Spanish: sostener — to support by approval or encouragement
- Spanish: confirmar — to support by approval or encouragement
- Swedish: upprätthålla — to support by approval or encouragement