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upright

Pronunciation: /ˈʌpɹaɪt/

The English word “upright” has 18 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Vertical; erect.
  2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
  3. Greater in height than breadth.
  4. Of good morals; reliable and trustworthy; practicing ethical values.
  5. Having a head at approximately a right angle with the shaft.
  6. Characterized by a style of running with the head and shoulders held high.

adverb

  1. In or into an upright position.
  2. On one's feet (as opposed to in a wheelchair).

noun

  1. Any vertical part of a structure, especially a part that provides support.
  2. A goal post.
  3. The poles of a field goal post.
  4. A leg.
  5. A tentpole that holds aloft the center or sides of a tent.
  6. The state of being vertical or perpendicular.
  7. Characterized by being awake and out of bed.
  8. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  9. The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

verb

  1. To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Etymology

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).

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