Up vs Sunshine - What's the difference?
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Away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
(intensifier) (Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state) Thoroughly, completely.
To or from one's possession or consideration.
North.
To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
(rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
(sailing) Against the wind or current.
(Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
(cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
(hospitality) Without additional ice.
(UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
* 1867 , John Timbs, Lives of wits and humourists , p. 125
* 1998 , Rita McWilliams Tullberg, Women at Cambridge , p. 112
* 2002 , Peter Harman, Cambridge Scientific Minds , p. 79
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 .
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
Aside, so as not to be in use.
Toward the top of.
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Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
Further along (in any direction).
From south to north of
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Awake.
Finished, to an end
In a good mood.
Willing; ready.
Next in a sequence.
Happening; new.
Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
Larger, greater in quantity.
Standing.
On a higher level.
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Available; made public.
Well-informed; current.
(computing) Functional; working.
(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
(bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
(slang) Erect.
(of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
(slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
* 1996 , Matthew Busby Hunt, The Sociolinguistics of Tagging and Chicano Gang Graffiti (page 71)
* 2009 , Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground (pages 16-40)
* 2011 , Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti
(uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
(countable) A positive thing.
An upstairs room of a two story house.
(colloquial) To increase or raise.
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(colloquial) To promote.
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To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
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The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
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A location on which the sun's rays fall.
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*:Out again into the sunshine by the wide mouth of the Green River, as the chart named the brook whose level stream scarce moved into the lake. A streak of blue shot up it between the banks, and a shrill pipe came back as the kingfisher hastened away.
Geniality or cheerfulness.
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A source of cheerfulness or joy.
The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
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(lb) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
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Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.
As a verb up
is to upturn, to turn over.As a noun sunshine is
the direct rays, light or warmth of the sunwebster's college dictionary , random house, 2001.As an adjective sunshine is
open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.up
English
(part of speech is dubious for many senses) (wikipedia up)Adverb
(-)- I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
- I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
- Tear up the contract.
- He really messed up .
- Please type up our monthly report.
- I picked up some milk on the way home.
- The committee will take up your request.
- She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
- I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
- Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
- Turn it up , I can barely hear it.
- Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
- Cheer up , the weekend's almost here.
- The bowler pitched the ball up .
- Would you like that drink up or on ice?
- She's going up to read Classics this September.
- The son of the Dean of Lichfield was only three years older than Steele, who was a lad of only twelve, when at the age of fifteen, Addison went up to Oxford.
- Others insinuated that women 'crowded up to Cambridge', not for the benefits of a higher education, but because of the proximity of 2,000 young men.
- A precocious mathematician, Babbage was already well versed in the Continental mathematical notations when he went up to Cambridge.
- I was up to my chin in water.
- A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
- Drink up . The pub is closing.
- Can you sum up your research?
- The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
- I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
- to lay up''' riches; put '''up your weapons
Antonyms
* (away from the centre of the Earth) down * (louder) down * (higher in pitch) down * (towards the principal terminus) downDerived terms
* all it's cracked up to be * back up * backup * bottoms up * bottom-up * blow up * break up * buck up * build up * burn up * clog up * cloud up * clean up * clear up * close up * crack up * cut up * double up * dress up * dry up * eat up * finish up * gang up * gang up on * go up * kick up * knock up * lash up * let up * look up * lookup * muck up * one-up * one-upmanship * open up * polish up * run up * runner up * runup * shake up * shoot up * show up * shut up * stir up * stop up * turn up * up a tree * up to * up to it * upon * upper * uppity * upto * upward * upwards * walkup * wet up * work up * write upPreposition
(English prepositions)- Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.
Antonyms
* (toward the top of) downDerived terms
* give up * pick up * put up * ring up * take up * throw up * up a creek * up someone's alleyAdjective
(-)- I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up .
- Time is up !
- I’m feeling up today.
- If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
- Smith is up to bat.
- What is up with that project at headquarters?
- Put the notebook face up on the table.
- Take a break and put your feet up .
- Sales are up from last quarter.
- Get up and give her your seat.
- ‘The Phantom! The Phantom is up from the cellars again!’
- The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
- I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
- Is the server back up ?
- The London train is on the up line.
- A Cosmopolitan is typically served up .
- I have said I was still in darkness, yet it was not the blackness of the last night; and looking up into the inside of the tomb above, I could see the faintest line of light at one corner, which showed the sun was up .
- Being "up" means having numerous graffiti in the tagging landscape.
- Graffiti writers want their names seen by writers and others so that they will be famous. Therefore writers are very serious about any opportunity to “get up'.” The throw-up became one of the fundamental techniques for getting ' up , and thereby gaining recognition and fame.
- From his great rooftop pieces, selected for high visibility, to his sneaky tags and fun loving stickers, he most certainly knows how to get up .
Antonyms
* (facing upwards) down * (on a higher level) down * down * (traveling towards a major terminus) downDerived terms
* know which end is up * up and running * up for grabs * upside * upside downNoun
(en-noun)- Up is a good way to go.
- I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
- She lives in a two-up two-down.
Usage notes
* Up is not commonly used as object of a preposition.Antonyms
* (direction opposed to the pull of gravity) downDerived terms
* ups and downsVerb
(upp)- If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
- We upped anchor and sailed away.
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- It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
- He just upped and quit.
- He upped and punched that guy.
- And she didn't leave a letter, she just upped and ran away.