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upright
[ uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt ]
adjective
- erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
Synonyms: vertical, perpendicular, plumb
Antonyms: horizontal, recumbent
- raised or directed vertically or upward.
- adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just:
an upright person.
Synonyms: honorable
- being in accord with what is right:
upright dealings.
noun
adverb
- in an upright position or direction; vertically.
verb (used with object)
- to make upright.
upright
/ ˈʌpˌraɪt /
adjective
- vertical or erect
- honest, honourable, or just
adverb
- vertically
noun
- a vertical support, such as a stake or post
- short for upright piano
- the state of being vertical
verb
- tr to make upright
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Derived Forms
- ˈupˌrightness, noun
- ˈupˌrightly, adverb
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Other Words From
- uprightly adverb
- uprightness noun
- non·upright adjective noun
- non·uprightly adverb
- non·uprightness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
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Synonym Study
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, especially 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 especially in mathematics: the perpendicular side of a right triangle; to erect a perpendicular line from the base of a figure.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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