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uppreposition

Up shows movement or position from a lower point to a higher one on something, or simply movement along a road, a path, or a river.

1. from lower to higherfrom a lower to a higher point on or along something

   • She ran up the stairs.
   • We walked slowly up the hill.
   • The cat climbed up the tree and wouldn't come down.
   • He carried the boxes up the ladder.

   Collocations

   verb + preposition go up, climb up, run up, walk up, carry something up

   Antonyms down

   Compare down

2. alongalong the length of a street, path, or other long place

   Often means little more than along, whether or not the road goes uphill. It can suggest a direction away from the speaker or toward the end of a road, but up the road and down the road are often used for the same place.

   • There's a good café just up the road.
   • Walk up the street and turn left at the bank.
   • A car came up the drive toward the house.

   Collocations

   phrase up the road, up the street, up the path, just up the road

   Compare along

   1. atoward the place where a river begins, against the flow of the water

      • We took a boat up the river.
      • The fish swim up the river to lay their eggs.

See also up (with no noun after it: Stand up); down