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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.
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adverb
9.
in an upright position or direction; vertically.
verb (used with object)
10.
to make upright.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English upriht (cognate with German aufrecht). See up, right
before 900; Middle English, Old English upriht (cognate with German aufrecht). See up, right
Related forms
up·right·ly, adverb
up·right·ness, noun
non·up·right, adjective, noun
non·up·right·ly, adverb
non·up·right·ness, 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, 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. 3. honorable. 6. pole, prop, pier, pile, column.
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, 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. 3. honorable. 6. pole, prop, pier, pile, column.
Antonyms
1. leaning, horizontal.
1. leaning, horizontal.
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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.
EXPAND"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]
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