Upright

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/ · adjective

Meaning

Vertical; erect..

Definitions by Sense

1. Vertical; erect.
2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
3. Greater in height than breadth.
4. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
5. (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
6. In or into an upright position.
7. Any vertical part of a structure.
8. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

Example Sentences

Supported by pillows, ſhe ſat almoſt upright.

Fab[ell]: What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ſtrikes my hart! // My ſtiffned haire ſtands vpright on my head, // As doe the briſtles of a porcupine.

Another feature new to British Railways is the provision of two-position adjustable seats in the first class compartments. In this design, the seat squab can be pulled out some six inches, the seat back being attached to the seat to give a less upright sitting position.

Upright posture evolved well before an enlarged brain in hominids.

My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

Human locomotion had been presumed unique because we walk upright with two legs. When investigators led by Nadia Dominici analyzed the electrical activities produced by walking toddlers, preschoolers, and adults as well as newborns that were held upright and prodded to walk along a surface, however, they saw that we essentially follow the same chain of motor commands as several other animals, including rats, cats, monkeys, and guinea fowl.

Synonyms for upright

Antonyms for upright

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Word Forms

• more upright
• most upright
• vpright
• uprights
• uprighting
• uprighted

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