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up

/ʌp/ adjective A1 (estimated)

1. facing upwards

German	hoch
Spanish	hacia arriba

2. on a higher level

German	oben
Portuguese	em cima
Spanish	arriba

3. available

French	debout
Dutch	beschikbaar
Swedish	uppe

4. standing

German	auf, aus
French	debout
Portuguese	em pé, de pé
Italian	su
Spanish	en pie
Dutch	op
Swedish	upp

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up

/ʌp/ adverb A1 (estimated)

1. away from earth’s surface

German	oben, rauf, hinauf
French	en haut
Portuguese	em cima, acima, para cima
Czech	nahoře, vzhůru, nahoru
Italian	su, all'insù, in alto
Spanish	arriba, suso, asuso
Dutch	boven, omhoog, op
Swedish	upp, uppåt, uppe
Latin	sursum

2. higher, louder

Portuguese	aumentar, elevar
Dutch	omhoog
Swedish	upp

3. higher in pitch

French	haut
Portuguese	aumentar, elevar
Dutch	omhoog
Swedish	upp

4. north

Portuguese	acima, em cima

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up

/ʌp/ noun · plural: ups A1 (estimated)

direction opposed to the pull of gravity

French	pose, le haut
Dutch	omhoog

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up

/ʌp/ preposition A1 (estimated)

1. toward the top

German	hinauf, herauf, hoch
French	monter
Portuguese	alto
Italian	su
Spanish	hacia arriba
Dutch	op
Swedish	uppåt
Latin	super, supra

2. further along

German	weiter
Portuguese	adiante
Dutch	langs
Swedish	längs

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to up

/ʌp/ verb A1 (estimated)

1. increase

German	erhöhen, aufdrehen, heranhalten
Czech	zvýšit
Dutch	verhogen, opschroeven
Swedish	höja
Latin	delingo, obaro, obtego

2. promote

Portuguese	promover
Czech	povýšit
Dutch	promoveren

3. to scrape, sweep out or up, brush, scour, clean out

Latin	verro

4. to take out or up

Latin	excepto

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