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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024up•right /ˈʌpˌraɪt, ʌpˈraɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - straight, erect, or vertical, as in position or posture:upright posture.
- raised or made vertically:[before a noun]an upright vacuum cleaner.
- being fair, right, honest, or just:an upright citizen.
n. [countable] - something standing straight up, as a piece of timber.
- SportUsually, uprights. [plural] goalposts, as on a football field.
- Music and Dancean object designed to stand upright:The piano is an upright.
adv. - in an upright position or direction.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024up•right (up′rīt′, up rīt′),USA pronunciation adj. - erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- raised or directed vertically or upward.
- adhering to rectitude;
righteous, honest, or just:an upright person. - being in accord with what is right:upright dealings.
n. - the state of being upright or vertical.
- something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.
- Music and Dancean upright piano.
- SportUsually, uprights. [Chiefly Football.]the goalposts.
adv. - in an upright position or direction;
vertically.
v.t. - to make upright.
- Middle English, Old English upriht (cognate with German aufrecht). See up, right bef. 900
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged plumb. Upright, erect, vertical, perpendicular imply that something is in the posture of being straight upward, not leaning. That which is upright is in a position corresponding to that of a person standing up:a decaying tree no longer standing upright; an upright piano.Erect emphasizes the straightness of position or posture:proud and erect; A flagpole stands erect.Vertical suggests upward direction, esp. along the shortest line from the earth to a level above it:the vertical edge of a door; ornamented by vertical lines.Perpendicular, a term frequently interchangeable with vertical, is used esp. in mathematics:the perpendicular side of a right triangle; to erect a perpendicular line from the base of a figure.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged honorable.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pole, prop, pier, pile, column.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged leaning, horizontal.
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