up

getting higher or more vigorous

“its an up market”

used up

“time is up”

in readiness

“he was up on his homework”

to a higher intensity

“he turned up the volume”

to a more central or a more northerly place

“was transferred up to headquarters”

to a later time

“they moved the meeting date up”

spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

“look up!”

out of bed

“up by seven each morning”

extending or moving toward a higher place

“the up staircase”

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

“the anchor is up”

open

“the windows are up”

raise

“up the ante”