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1. up -- (raise; "up the ante").

1. up (vs. down) -- (being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up").
2. improving, up -- (getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy").
3. up(prenominal), upward(prenominal) -- (extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish").
4. up(predicate) -- ((usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game").
5. up -- (open; "the windows are up").
6. up(predicate) -- ((used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?").
7. up(predicate) -- (used up; "time is up").
8. astir(predicate), up(predicate) -- (out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning").

1. up, upwards, upward, upwardly -- (spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile").
2. up -- (to a higher intensity; "he turned up the volume").
3. up -- (nearer to the speaker; "he walked up and grabbed my lapels").
4. up -- (to a more central or a more northerly place; "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation").
5. up, upwards, upward -- (to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward").

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