Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - uphill
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Uphill
uphill
1. If something or someone is uphill or is moving uphill, they are near the top of a hill or are going up a slope. He had been running uphill a long way... ? downhill ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, ADV from n • Uphill is also an adjective. ...a long, uphill journey... The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way. ? downhill ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you refer to something as an uphill struggle or an uphill battle, you mean that it requires a great deal of effort and determination, but it should be possible to achieve it. It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted... It’s an uphill battle but I think we’re going to win. ADJ: ADJ n
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I. adverb Date: 1535 1. upward on a hill or incline 2. against difficulties seemed to be talking ~ — Willa Cather II. noun Date: 1548 rising ground ; ascent III. adjective Date: 1613 1. situated on elevated ground 2. a. going up ; ascending b. being the higher one or part especially of a set; specifically being nearer the top of an incline 3. difficult, laborious ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adv., adj., & n. --adv. in an ascending direction up a hill, slope, etc. --adj. 1 sloping up; ascending. 2 arduous, difficult (an uphill task). --n. an upward slope. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. подъем on the uphill our pace dragged —- на подъеме мы с трудом волочили ноги 2. идущий в гору uphill climbing —- подъем в гору the road is uphill all the way —- дорога все время идет в гору 3. трудный, тяжелый uphill task —- тяжелая задача uphill fight —- воен. разг. тяжелый бой 4. в гору to go uphill —- идти в гору ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adv. в гору 2. adj. 1) идущий в гору 2) fig. тяжелый, трудный; an uphill task - трудная задача ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 adj 1 towards the top of a hill (an uphill climb) 2 an uphill battle, struggle, job etc is very difficult and needs a lot of effort ~2 adv towards the top of a hill ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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