to upright

Examples

• All

• The child learned to upright himself after he fell while learning to walk.

• He quickly uprighted the fallen chair before the guests arrived.

• Marvin uprights the trashcan and walks back to his seat.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Crawling babies went about on all fours until, of their own accord, they uprighted themselves.

  Fiction book (1998)

• After the storm, they had to upright the boat that had been capsized.

Synonyms

S

to stand

vsto upright

∞ 1.0

To be or put something in an upright position

is narrower and refers specifically to setting items vertical after they have fallen or tilted

S

to straighten

vsto upright

114 2.5

Make something straight and in the right position

is used for setting something vertical specifically after it has fallen or tilted

S

to stand up

vsto upright

27 1.0

To put something so it is straight and not lying down

is about setting items vertical after they have fallen or been tilted

R

to richt

vsto upright

• UK

9.9

To make something stand up again after it falls

focuses on setting objects vertical after they have fallen or been tilted

R

to reerect

vsto upright

6.5

Put something back up after it falls or is taken down

is about quickly setting items vertical after they have fallen or tilted

P

to place upright

vsto upright

3.1

To put something so it stands up instead of lying down

is used for returning something vertical after it has fallen or tilted

Antonyms

F

to fall

∞ 1.0

Move or drop down from a higher to a lower place

T

to tilt

147 2.0

To move into a sloping or leaning position

Phrasal Verbs

P

to place upright

3.1

To put something so it stands up instead of lying down

Compounds

U

upright piano

3 3.0

A piano with vertical strings that takes less space than a grand piano

How Vertical

erect

17 4.0

to upright

1 3.8

to right

41 4.4

to tilt

147 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology