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up⋅right

  [uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt]
Use upright in a Sentence
–adjective
1. erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
2. raised or directed vertically or upward.
3. adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just: an upright person.
4. being in accord with what is right: upright dealings.
–noun
5. the state of being upright or vertical.
6. something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.
7. an upright piano.
8. Usually, uprights. Chiefly Football. the goalposts.
–adverb
9. in an upright position or direction; vertically.
–verb (used with object)
10. to make upright.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE upriht (c. G aufrecht). See up, right

Related forms:
uprightly, adverb
uprightness, noun

Synonyms:
1. plumb. Upright, erect, vertical, perpendicular imply that something is in the posture of being straight upward, not leaning. That which is upright is in a position corresponding to that of a person standing up: a decaying tree no longer standing upright; an upright piano. Erect emphasizes the straightness of position or posture: proud and erect; A flagpole stands erect. Vertical suggests upward direction, esp. along the shortest line from the earth to a level above it: the vertical edge of a door; ornamented by vertical lines. Perpendicular, a term frequently interchangeable with vertical, is used esp. in mathematics: the perpendicular side of a right triangle; to erect a perpendicular line from the base of a figure. 3. honorable. 6. pole, prop, pier, pile, column.

Antonyms:
1. leaning, horizontal.
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Pallet Racks in S. Calif.
Uprights, Beams, Wire Decking Teardrop Rack 951-735-1333
www.maxxracks.com
Stand Up MRI
Take Your MRI Standing or Sitting! Take your MRI without a tube.
www.dynamicuprightMRI.com
up·right   (ŭp'rīt')   
adj.  

    1. Being in a vertical position or direction: an upright post. See Synonyms at vertical.

    2. Erect in posture or carriage: "She sat with grim determination, upright as a darning needle stuck in a board" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

  2. Adhering strictly to moral principles; righteous.

adv.  Vertically: walk upright.
n.  

  1. A perpendicular position; verticality.

  2. Something, such as a goalpost, that stands upright.

  3. An upright piano.

tr.v.   up·right·ed, up·right·ing, up·rights
To restore to an upright position: The tow truck uprighted the overturned tractor trailer.
up'right'ly adv., up'right'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

upright 
O.E. upriht, from up "up" + riht "right." Similar compounds are found in other Gmc. languages (cf. O.Fris. upriucht, M.Du. oprecht, O.H.G. ufreht, Ger. aufrecht, O.N. uprettr). Fig. sense of "good, honest" is first attested 1530. The noun in the sense of "something standing erect" is from 1742.
"THREE-PENNY UPRIGHT. A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall." ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

upright

see bolt upright.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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