upright

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Holonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

1. Vertical; erect.
2. Greater in height than breadth.
3. (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

1. In or into an upright position.

[edit] Noun

upright (plural uprights)

1. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in American and Rugby football.
2. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
3. (informal) An upright piano.

[edit] Related terms

• upright piano

[edit] Holonyms

• (word clued by successive letters): double acrostic, triple acrostic