Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - upright
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Upright
upright
~1 adj 1 standing straight up 2 always behaving in an honest way (decent, upright citizens) - uprightness n ~2 adv 1 sitting or standing with your back straight (sit/stand bolt upright) (He sat bolt upright, startled by the scream.) 2 if something is pulled, held etc upright, it is put into a position in which it is standing straight up ~3 n a long piece of wood or metal that stands straight up and supports something
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(uprights) 1. If you are sitting or standing upright, you are sitting or standing with your back straight, rather than bending or lying down. Helen sat upright in her chair... Jerrold pulled himself upright on the bed... He moved into an upright position. ADJ: usu ADJ after v, v-link ADJ, also ADJ n 2. An upright vacuum cleaner or freezer is tall rather than wide. ...the latest state-of-the-art upright vacuum cleaners. ADJ: ADJ n 3. An upright chair has a straight back and no arms. He was sitting on an upright chair beside his bed, reading. ADJ 4. You can refer to vertical posts or the vertical parts of an object as uprights. ...the uprights of a four-poster bed. N-COUNT 5. You can describe people as upright when they are careful to follow acceptable rules of behaviour and behave in a moral way. ...a very upright, trustworthy man. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Date: before 12th century 1. a. perpendicular, vertical b. erect in carriage or posture c. having the main axis or a main part perpendicular ~ freezer 2. marked by strong moral rectitude an ~ citizen • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, honest, just, conscientious, scrupulous, honorable mean having or showing a strict regard for what is morally right. ~ implies a strict adherence to moral principles a stern and ~ minister. honest stresses adherence to such virtues as truthfulness, candor, fairness known for being honest in business dealings. just stresses conscious choice and regular practice of what is right or equitable workers given just compensation. conscientious and scrupulous imply an active moral sense governing all one's actions and painstaking efforts to follow one's conscience conscientious in the completion of her assignments scrupulous in carrying out the terms of the will. honorable suggests a firm holding to codes of right behavior and the guidance of a high sense of honor and duty a difficult but honorable decision. II. adverb Date: 12th century vertically upward ; in an ~ position III. noun Date: 1683 1. the state of being ~ ; perpendicular a pillar out of ~ 2. something that stands ~; especially a football goalpost — usually used in plural 3. ~ piano ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 erect, vertical (an upright posture; stood upright). 2 (of a piano) with vertical strings. 3 (of a person or behaviour) righteous; strictly honourable or honest. 4 (of a picture, book, etc.) greater in height than breadth. --n. 1 a post or rod fixed upright esp. as a structural support. 2 an upright piano. Derivatives uprightly adv. uprightness n. Etymology: OE upriht (as UP, RIGHT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) вертикально 2) вертикальный 3) колонна 4) отвесный 5) прямой 6) стойка 7) стояк 8) торчащий - remain upright ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. стойка; колонка 2. пианино 3. сл. смесь пива с джином 4. обыкн. pl. спорт. стойки 5. вертикаль a post out of upright —- покосившийся столб 6. вертикальный; прямой an upright tree —- прямое дерево 7. держащийся прямо 8. отвесный (о холме, горе и т. п.) 9. честный; справедливый upright judge —- справедливый судья upright man —- честный человек 10. прямо, вертикально, стоймя to stand upright —- стоять прямо 11. поднять в вертикальное положение, поставить стоймя ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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piano пианино UPRIGHT 1. noun 1) подпорка; колонна; стойка 2) abbr. of upright piano 2. adj. 1) вертикальный, прямой, отвесный 2) честный Syn: see moral 3. adv. прямо, вертикально, стоймя ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. upriht, from up "up" + riht "right." Similar compounds are found in other Gmc. languages. Sense of "good, honest" is first attested 1530. The noun in the sense of "something standing erect" is from 1742. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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