upright
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2.7
- adjective
- /ˈʌpˌraɪt/
:
vertical
- Sometimes he seemed to be meditating, sitting upright and motionless with his eyes closed.
- stand upright
- upright position
- upright posture
Yeah, there are people who call Dutch cyclists, like upright pedestrians or fast pedestrians.
- Yeah, there are people who call Dutch cyclists, like upright pedestrians or fast pedestrians.
- Joji drags himself upright, exits the tent.
- His forerunner was a migrant upright mammal.
- I don't know if she said it or if I didn't understand, but she's, I'm picturing an upright freezer, right?
- And they're moving forward steely eyed and stable and upright.
- And notice that I did the cut passes for the the upright fin of this dial.
- OK, upright, OK, everybody got what this shows.
Examples
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Just make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their upright and locked position.
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Well, as long as your tray table is in the upright position...
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Please return your seat to its upright position.
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Men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
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Please return your seat backs... to their full, upright and locked position.
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Have your seat backs in an upright position for takeoff.
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We ask that you fasten your seatbelt and return your seat to the upright position.
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On a hillside rising from the terrace, I saw upright slabs of stone.
Academic text (2012) -
Please return your seat to its upright position before the flight takes off.
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For safety reasons, ensure your chair is in the upright position during the entire flight.
Synonyms
100
2.7
Standing straight up and down at right angles to the horizon
17
4.0
Standing or held straight up without leaning
11
5.4
At a right angle to a line or surface
3
6.0
Exactly vertical and standing straight
3
3.2
Placed so the top part faces up
Upright on the feet rather than sitting or lying
In a level position and not leaning to one side
Antonyms
Compounds
How Vertical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Upright comes from the parts up ('up') and right ('straight'). So upright simply means 'standing straight up' rather than leaning or sloping.