[{"word":"vp","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"adverb","definitions":[{"definition":"Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I looked up and saw the airplane overhead."},{"definition":"To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"All day we climbed up and up."},{"definition":"To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Cheer up, the weekend's almost here."},{"definition":"To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A stranger came up and asked me for directions."},{"definition":"(intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Can you sum up your research?"},{"definition":"To or from one's possession or consideration.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I picked up some milk on the way home."},{"definition":"North.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I live in Florida, but I'm going up to New York to visit my family this weekend."},{"definition":"Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He lives up by the railway station."},{"definition":"Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Aside, so as not to be in use.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to lay up riches; put up your weapons"},{"definition":"Against the wind or current.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Relatively close to the batsman.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The bowler pitched the ball up."},{"definition":"(bartending) Without additional ice.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Would you like that drink up or on ice?"},{"definition":"(academia) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She's going up to read Classics this September."}],"synonyms":["alley oop"],"antonyms":["down","down","down","down"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/up","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vp"]}]