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adjective ˈʌpəˈəpər 1Situated above another part. Example sentencesExamples - The streets of the town were still, but for someone singing in the upper floor above a nearby shop.
- So it's a good thing the meteor blew apart into small pieces in the upper atmosphere, rather than just above the ground.
- In this position, your upper body weight will more likely balance on your skeletal structure, enabling the surrounding back muscles to relax.
- She wore her hair flipped and had heavy black eyeliner above her upper lashes, just like Brigitte Bardot.
- For those of you not in the know, the ozone layer is a layer of the upper atmosphere lying about 19 to 48 km above the earth's surface.
- The upper levels, above and beyond the landing near the door to the library, were completely unlit, and nobody ever went up there.
- High above me on the upper floor of a tall narrow-domed building a bell ringer was perfecting his art.
- And for baking items that need not brown too quickly, you could position the rack in the upper third of the oven.
- Place the cuff on your bare upper arm one-inch above the bend of your elbow.
- They arise when the water vapour from hot aircraft exhausts mixes with the cool air of the upper atmosphere, about 32,000 ft above the Earth's surface.
- Points are scored by landing blows on the front of the head or upper body, above the belt.
- In the emotionally-charged atmosphere, I even put my hand on his upper arm and squeezed it in sympathy.
- Sweat had appeared on her upper lip, above her bright red lipstick line.
- For the upper lids, the surgeon makes the incision right in the upper lid skin crease above your eyelashes, so it is very well hidden.
- Below it is a grand looking sofa that has large wooden arms at each side and an ornate square pattern that runs above the upper cushion.
- Forcefully press the weights in an arc above your upper chest, exhaling as you pass the midpoint.
- The teenager has a half-inch vertical scar above her upper lip and speaks with a local accent.
- The film opens with a massive space battle in the upper reaches of the atmosphere.
- The upper tier, above the railing, has nine rows of wooden seats while the lower tier had three rows of seats before they were removed.
- The gunmen had taken up position in an upper floor bathroom across from the minister's tightly-guarded home.
- 1.1 Higher in position or status.
the upper end of the social scale Example sentencesExamples - The sample was relatively small, predominantly white, female, and of mid to upper socioeconomic status.
- By the start of next season, I want us to be pitching for a position at the upper end of the league table.
- It was standard practice in the Village for youngsters of lower Ranks to serve an Upper family; many Uppers believed that the children concerned would benefit from regular contact with their Superiors.
- Burke adds that the study should eventually outline efforts companies are making towards getting more women in upper level positions.
- Most of the others had bourgeois backgrounds, their families frequently positioned among the upper professional echelons.
- Should we be struggling to improve women's position in the upper layers of the bourgeoisie, or should we be addressing the fundamental divisions within society?
- Not only is completing one of these programs a good way to get a job - soon it may be the only way to find a position in the upper echelons of community college management.
- These farmers are mostly uneducated but they take full advantage of the benefits they can derive from their upper caste status.
- He was a strict college professor who'd managed to rise to the upper social status himself.
- In the villages, an automobile is an unusual and significant symbol of upper social status.
- La Cuisine is positioned at the upper end of the ‘middle’ market and its food is generously served and is excellent.
Synonyms senior, superior, higher-level, higher-ranking, highest-ranking, top, chief, more/most important, elevated, eminent, high-status
2Situated on higher ground. Example sentencesExamples - Small streams are common on many moors and upper river catchment areas.
- The road was still following the contour of the upper hillside.
- This habitat extends partway up the adjacent slopes, while upland forest occupies the upper slopes and ridge tops.
- One goal was to return fish to traditional spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the Clearwater tributaries, strengthening natural fish runs.
- It is hoped work will be completed in time for the autumn run of sea trout and salmon, who will for the first time be able to make their way to the productive spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the Yarrow.
- Winding through the upper canyon, much of the trail has been washed away by the fierce spring run-off from the glaciers still hanging above.
- The birds typically forage along the upper edge of mudflats, or up on sandy beaches, often in vegetation.
- On either side of the fountain, a curved staircase connected the ground floor to an upper walkway that encircled the entire room.
- The upper estuary has a single main channel that meanders through extensive fresh and salt marshes.
- Shortly after passing a group of holly trees, the path starts to bear left over more boggy ground, and the upper slopes and crags come into view.
Synonyms higher, further-up, loftier overlying, superior top - 2.1 Situated to the north.
in place names Upper California Example sentencesExamples - The tour raises money for the Wesley Institute, an Upper St. Clair nonprofit organization that provides services to Southwestern Pennsylvania youths with mental health and behavioral challenges.
- In a separate fly-tipping incident, Malcolm Wilson of Acomb, York, admitted he dumped household sacks and furniture in an Upper Poppleton lay-by.
- The night before the marathon, the Rosses celebrated their anniversary at an Upper West Side Japanese restaurant, located beneath the apartment where he lived when a podiatry student.
- John Maher, an Upper St. Clair Republican, said leaders ‘are aware of my desire for openness.’
- After all, if there were no seasonal workers, how would an Upper Canadian feel if he came East on his vacation and found there was no one to cook his lobster?
- Pupils at an Upper Hutt school are up in arms after being told not to hug each other at school.
- ‘Black will always be the cornerstone of New York fashion,’ said a New York attorney friend during a jaunt to an Upper West Side boutique in search of a black jacket.
- The new library at an Upper Stratton school has been named after its first headteacher.
- He had, by that time, a degree in Russian literature, a head of graying hair, and an Upper West Side apartment.
- A spy reports later seeing the actress at an Upper West Side restaurant dining with a friend and picking through a tuna salad which she ultimately did not eat.
- A week before Labor Day, I walked into the emergency room of an Upper East Side hospital in New York complaining of severe head and body aches.
- In the early nineties, she was a trainer at Pumping Iron, an Upper East Side gym, and ran ads in magazines to get new clients.
- She worked in the music industry in Los Angeles for many years but recently moved back to an Upper East Side apartment, where she is trying to write a screenplay and buying vintage clothing and jewelry to resell on eBay.
3Geology Archaeology
Denoting a younger (and hence usually shallower) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited. the Upper Palaeolithic age
nounˈʌpəˈəpər The part of a boot or shoe above the sole. Example sentencesExamples - I'm fortunate in having a decent cobbler nearby, so I can get boots reheeled until the uppers collapse.
- Boots with soft uppers and minimal ankle support can see you with twisted ankles should you slip and jam your foot in a crack.
- Trousers should end where the heel of the shoe meets the uppers.
- Well-fitting shoes with a firm sole and soft upper are the best way to prevent most foot problems.
- Any hunting footwear you stock should have boot uppers made of rigid material to provide adequate ankle support and protection.
- The uppers are colored maroon, red, and green, and the boots are tied on with colored garters.
- I am not sure what material the competitors use for their uppers, so I am not able to answer you correctly about their products.
- Gone are the thoughts of pure function, of rubber soles and leather uppers.
- Its brightly coloured leather upper contrasts beautifully with the chocolate brown sole, making it the perfect choice for those summer picnics.
- Down the side streets are specialized shops supplying this little industry - some sell bundles of shoelaces, others leather, and still others pre-made shoe uppers.
- Go for a style with leather uppers, which help the feet to breathe, and synthetic soles, which slip less and last a lot longer.
- At about the same time, farm women also worked at binding and stitching shoe uppers.
Phrases have (or gain) the upper hand Have or gain advantage or control over someone or something. he usually has the upper hand because he's older each strives to gain the upper hand in military might Example sentencesExamples - Both teams strove to gain the upper hand but were very evenly matched.
- However, it would be wrong to think that the government has the upper hand in controlling public opinion.
- She had the upper hand, and she was using it well to her advantage.
- Hussain also believes that the Australians usually gained the upper hand by bullying the opposition, and this is a pitfall the English team must avoid.
- Just when Claudius thinks he controls Hamlet, it is really Hamlet who has the upper hand over Claudius.
- Although in some classes of the society, the boy and the girl are given a bigger say, still it is the family that usually has the upper hand.
Synonyms an advantage, a commanding position, an edge, the edge, the whip hand, a lead, a head start, ascendancy, superiority, supremacy, sway, control, predominance, power, mastery, dominance, command
informal Extremely short of money. Joe invited us out to lunch because we were both on our uppers Example sentencesExamples - A timeless comedy, this story is about the upper classes on their uppers while the inimitable Jeeves is always on hand to sort out their mess.
- But new research suggests that far from being on their uppers, people approaching retirement today are better off than their parents' generation was when it retired, with small debts and big assets.
- Both characters are on their uppers and Anna's way out is to find someone to pay for her and look after her.
- Her favourite characters are those on their uppers, losers with dignity, viewed by the story teller with patronising assumptions but to the end deeply unknown.
- After years on his uppers, Jack Vettriano was finally on the up.
- In early 1938, on his uppers after his divorce from Flor, he had agreed to smuggle a small fortune in jewels out of Spain during the civil war.
Synonyms penniless, impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, destitute, impecunious, indigent, down and out, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings to rub together, without two pennies to rub together
informal The upper classes. a sort of trade school for the upper crust Example sentencesExamples - If the beginnings of sport on skis are to be found among the upper crust, skiing is today largely a bourgeois sport.
- They range from the downright common to the ultimate upper crust in Paul's eyes, and with every sketch the audience hugged itself with glee.
- Even after Blair's reforms, the upper chamber is still distinctly upper crust.
- Offering a new high to pub-hoppers is the exclusive upper crust joint, ‘Bottles and Chimney’ that opened at Begumpet.
- They are the upper crust of the middle class, educated and ideological (if not idealistic). The novel opens just after a ‘revolution’ has stormed through Chelsea.
Origin Middle English: from the adjective up + -er2. Rhymes crupper, cuppa, scupper, supper nounˈʌpəˈəpər usually uppersinformal A stimulating drug, especially amphetamine. Example sentencesExamples - Information gleaned from this survey included age of onset of use of marijuana, cocaine, uppers, and LSD.
- Among drug users, abused youth were significantly younger than their nonabused peers in mean age of onset of marijuana, cocaine, and uppers use.
- Ana laughed it down, stuffing her hand into her pocket and pulling out two small yellow pills, uppers to block her sorrow.
- My brother was ‘a naughty boy’ and dabbled with drugs, nothing grotesquely bad, just uppers and downers, but we think one day he got carried away and accidentally took too many of one sort or the other.
- I will give you higher dosages of your usual uppers.
- Once upon an era, batters cheated by corking their bats or taking uppers to keep themselves stimulated.
- My problem wasn't all that exciting; I hadn't been swallowed up by the underground rave scene, nor was I addicted to uppers, downers, or even over-the-counter nasal sprays.
- I haven't resorted to taking uppers or any other sort of chemical relief from all the stress, including the migraine pills which my girlfriend has been doing lately.
- Because monthly use of cocaine, uppers, and LSD is rare and infrequent among adolescents, annual estimates were employed to provide sufficient distribution for conducting meaningful analyses.
- It was party time. As time went on drink wasn't the answer for me, so I started experimenting with ‘E’ and speed and all the uppers.
- The effects aren't as potent as cocaine or uppers, but are similar.
- Antidepressant medications are not uppers and are not addictive.
- I took two of the uppers, stuffed the rest into the bottle, replaced the bottle, and went into the bathroom.
Origin 1960s: from the verb up + -er1. adjectiveˈəpərˈəpər 1Situated above another part. Example sentencesExamples - For those of you not in the know, the ozone layer is a layer of the upper atmosphere lying about 19 to 48 km above the earth's surface.
- The upper tier, above the railing, has nine rows of wooden seats while the lower tier had three rows of seats before they were removed.
- The upper levels, above and beyond the landing near the door to the library, were completely unlit, and nobody ever went up there.
- For the upper lids, the surgeon makes the incision right in the upper lid skin crease above your eyelashes, so it is very well hidden.
- The gunmen had taken up position in an upper floor bathroom across from the minister's tightly-guarded home.
- In this position, your upper body weight will more likely balance on your skeletal structure, enabling the surrounding back muscles to relax.
- Sweat had appeared on her upper lip, above her bright red lipstick line.
- And for baking items that need not brown too quickly, you could position the rack in the upper third of the oven.
- Points are scored by landing blows on the front of the head or upper body, above the belt.
- Forcefully press the weights in an arc above your upper chest, exhaling as you pass the midpoint.
- So it's a good thing the meteor blew apart into small pieces in the upper atmosphere, rather than just above the ground.
- They arise when the water vapour from hot aircraft exhausts mixes with the cool air of the upper atmosphere, about 32,000 ft above the Earth's surface.
- High above me on the upper floor of a tall narrow-domed building a bell ringer was perfecting his art.
- She wore her hair flipped and had heavy black eyeliner above her upper lashes, just like Brigitte Bardot.
- Place the cuff on your bare upper arm one-inch above the bend of your elbow.
- The teenager has a half-inch vertical scar above her upper lip and speaks with a local accent.
- The streets of the town were still, but for someone singing in the upper floor above a nearby shop.
- Below it is a grand looking sofa that has large wooden arms at each side and an ornate square pattern that runs above the upper cushion.
- The film opens with a massive space battle in the upper reaches of the atmosphere.
- In the emotionally-charged atmosphere, I even put my hand on his upper arm and squeezed it in sympathy.
- 1.1 Higher in position or status.
the upper end of the social scale Example sentencesExamples - Burke adds that the study should eventually outline efforts companies are making towards getting more women in upper level positions.
- In the villages, an automobile is an unusual and significant symbol of upper social status.
- Most of the others had bourgeois backgrounds, their families frequently positioned among the upper professional echelons.
- Should we be struggling to improve women's position in the upper layers of the bourgeoisie, or should we be addressing the fundamental divisions within society?
- These farmers are mostly uneducated but they take full advantage of the benefits they can derive from their upper caste status.
- He was a strict college professor who'd managed to rise to the upper social status himself.
- It was standard practice in the Village for youngsters of lower Ranks to serve an Upper family; many Uppers believed that the children concerned would benefit from regular contact with their Superiors.
- The sample was relatively small, predominantly white, female, and of mid to upper socioeconomic status.
- La Cuisine is positioned at the upper end of the ‘middle’ market and its food is generously served and is excellent.
- By the start of next season, I want us to be pitching for a position at the upper end of the league table.
- Not only is completing one of these programs a good way to get a job - soon it may be the only way to find a position in the upper echelons of community college management.
Synonyms senior, superior, higher-level, higher-ranking, highest-ranking, top, chief, more important, most important, elevated, eminent, high-status
2Situated on higher ground. Example sentencesExamples - This habitat extends partway up the adjacent slopes, while upland forest occupies the upper slopes and ridge tops.
- On either side of the fountain, a curved staircase connected the ground floor to an upper walkway that encircled the entire room.
- The road was still following the contour of the upper hillside.
- The upper estuary has a single main channel that meanders through extensive fresh and salt marshes.
- One goal was to return fish to traditional spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the Clearwater tributaries, strengthening natural fish runs.
- It is hoped work will be completed in time for the autumn run of sea trout and salmon, who will for the first time be able to make their way to the productive spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the Yarrow.
- The birds typically forage along the upper edge of mudflats, or up on sandy beaches, often in vegetation.
- Small streams are common on many moors and upper river catchment areas.
- Shortly after passing a group of holly trees, the path starts to bear left over more boggy ground, and the upper slopes and crags come into view.
- Winding through the upper canyon, much of the trail has been washed away by the fierce spring run-off from the glaciers still hanging above.
Synonyms higher, further-up, loftier - 2.1 Situated to the north.
in place names Upper California Example sentencesExamples - He had, by that time, a degree in Russian literature, a head of graying hair, and an Upper West Side apartment.
- The night before the marathon, the Rosses celebrated their anniversary at an Upper West Side Japanese restaurant, located beneath the apartment where he lived when a podiatry student.
- In the early nineties, she was a trainer at Pumping Iron, an Upper East Side gym, and ran ads in magazines to get new clients.
- John Maher, an Upper St. Clair Republican, said leaders ‘are aware of my desire for openness.’
- A spy reports later seeing the actress at an Upper West Side restaurant dining with a friend and picking through a tuna salad which she ultimately did not eat.
- ‘Black will always be the cornerstone of New York fashion,’ said a New York attorney friend during a jaunt to an Upper West Side boutique in search of a black jacket.
- In a separate fly-tipping incident, Malcolm Wilson of Acomb, York, admitted he dumped household sacks and furniture in an Upper Poppleton lay-by.
- The new library at an Upper Stratton school has been named after its first headteacher.
- The tour raises money for the Wesley Institute, an Upper St. Clair nonprofit organization that provides services to Southwestern Pennsylvania youths with mental health and behavioral challenges.
- A week before Labor Day, I walked into the emergency room of an Upper East Side hospital in New York complaining of severe head and body aches.
- She worked in the music industry in Los Angeles for many years but recently moved back to an Upper East Side apartment, where she is trying to write a screenplay and buying vintage clothing and jewelry to resell on eBay.
- Pupils at an Upper Hutt school are up in arms after being told not to hug each other at school.
- After all, if there were no seasonal workers, how would an Upper Canadian feel if he came East on his vacation and found there was no one to cook his lobster?
3Geology Archaeology
Denoting a younger (and hence usually shallower) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited. the Upper Paleolithic age
nounˈəpərˈəpər The part of a boot or shoe above the sole. Example sentencesExamples - Gone are the thoughts of pure function, of rubber soles and leather uppers.
- Down the side streets are specialized shops supplying this little industry - some sell bundles of shoelaces, others leather, and still others pre-made shoe uppers.
- Go for a style with leather uppers, which help the feet to breathe, and synthetic soles, which slip less and last a lot longer.
- I am not sure what material the competitors use for their uppers, so I am not able to answer you correctly about their products.
- Trousers should end where the heel of the shoe meets the uppers.
- Its brightly coloured leather upper contrasts beautifully with the chocolate brown sole, making it the perfect choice for those summer picnics.
- Any hunting footwear you stock should have boot uppers made of rigid material to provide adequate ankle support and protection.
- Well-fitting shoes with a firm sole and soft upper are the best way to prevent most foot problems.
- I'm fortunate in having a decent cobbler nearby, so I can get boots reheeled until the uppers collapse.
- Boots with soft uppers and minimal ankle support can see you with twisted ankles should you slip and jam your foot in a crack.
- The uppers are colored maroon, red, and green, and the boots are tied on with colored garters.
- At about the same time, farm women also worked at binding and stitching shoe uppers.
Phrases have (or gain) the upper hand Have or gain advantage or control over someone or something. Example sentencesExamples - Just when Claudius thinks he controls Hamlet, it is really Hamlet who has the upper hand over Claudius.
- Hussain also believes that the Australians usually gained the upper hand by bullying the opposition, and this is a pitfall the English team must avoid.
- Although in some classes of the society, the boy and the girl are given a bigger say, still it is the family that usually has the upper hand.
- Both teams strove to gain the upper hand but were very evenly matched.
- She had the upper hand, and she was using it well to her advantage.
- However, it would be wrong to think that the government has the upper hand in controlling public opinion.
Synonyms an advantage, a commanding position, an edge, the edge, the whip hand, a lead, a head start, ascendancy, superiority, supremacy, sway, control, predominance, power, mastery, dominance, command
informal Extremely short of money. Example sentencesExamples - Her favourite characters are those on their uppers, losers with dignity, viewed by the story teller with patronising assumptions but to the end deeply unknown.
- A timeless comedy, this story is about the upper classes on their uppers while the inimitable Jeeves is always on hand to sort out their mess.
- In early 1938, on his uppers after his divorce from Flor, he had agreed to smuggle a small fortune in jewels out of Spain during the civil war.
- After years on his uppers, Jack Vettriano was finally on the up.
- But new research suggests that far from being on their uppers, people approaching retirement today are better off than their parents' generation was when it retired, with small debts and big assets.
- Both characters are on their uppers and Anna's way out is to find someone to pay for her and look after her.
Synonyms penniless, impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, destitute, impecunious, indigent, down and out, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings to rub together, without two pennies to rub together
Origin Middle English: from the adjective up + -er. nounˈəpərˈəpər usually uppersinformal A stimulating drug, especially amphetamine. Example sentencesExamples - Information gleaned from this survey included age of onset of use of marijuana, cocaine, uppers, and LSD.
- My brother was ‘a naughty boy’ and dabbled with drugs, nothing grotesquely bad, just uppers and downers, but we think one day he got carried away and accidentally took too many of one sort or the other.
- My problem wasn't all that exciting; I hadn't been swallowed up by the underground rave scene, nor was I addicted to uppers, downers, or even over-the-counter nasal sprays.
- The effects aren't as potent as cocaine or uppers, but are similar.
- Because monthly use of cocaine, uppers, and LSD is rare and infrequent among adolescents, annual estimates were employed to provide sufficient distribution for conducting meaningful analyses.
- I haven't resorted to taking uppers or any other sort of chemical relief from all the stress, including the migraine pills which my girlfriend has been doing lately.
- I took two of the uppers, stuffed the rest into the bottle, replaced the bottle, and went into the bathroom.
- Ana laughed it down, stuffing her hand into her pocket and pulling out two small yellow pills, uppers to block her sorrow.
- Among drug users, abused youth were significantly younger than their nonabused peers in mean age of onset of marijuana, cocaine, and uppers use.
- I will give you higher dosages of your usual uppers.
- Once upon an era, batters cheated by corking their bats or taking uppers to keep themselves stimulated.
- It was party time. As time went on drink wasn't the answer for me, so I started experimenting with ‘E’ and speed and all the uppers.
- Antidepressant medications are not uppers and are not addictive.
Origin 1960s: from the verb up + -er. |