UPRIGHT Definition & Meaning

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upright

[ uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt ]

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adjective

erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
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raised or directed vertically or upward.
adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just:
an upright person.
Synonyms:
being in accord with what is right:
upright dealings.

noun

the state of being upright or vertical.
something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.
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an upright piano.
Usually uprights. Chiefly Football. the goalposts.

adverb

in an upright position or direction; vertically.

verb (used with object)

to make upright.

upright

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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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of upright¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English upriht (cognate with German aufrecht ); up, right

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Idioms and Phrases

see bolt upright .

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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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They don't leap out of the water in spectacular arcs; surface for long intervals or swim in an upright position.

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I remember him saying that in his New York apartment, he practiced Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings on his upright bass while watching snow fall outside his window.

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The New England Piano Company upright has been at the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool since 2015.

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Even the simple act of standing still uses muscles throughout the body to hold you upright.

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However, that Wednesday launch was scrubbed when Cape Canaveral crews detected a problem with a clamp that helps to hold the Falcon 9 rocket upright on the launchpad.

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