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   upright

   /ˈʌprʌɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) sitting or standing with the back straight: "an upright posture"
   • ▪ placed in a vertical position: "upright stone slabs"
   • ▪ (of a piano) having vertical strings. Similar verticalperpendicularplumbstraight (up)straight up and downbolt uprighterecton endstanding uprearingrampanton one's feetOpposite horizontal
   • ▪ greater in height than breadth: "an upright freezer"
   • ▪ denoting a device designed to be used in a vertical position: "an upright vacuum cleaner"
   • ▪ denoting a chair with a straight back and typically no arms.
   • 2. strictly honourable or honest: "an upright member of the community" Similar honesthonourableupstandingrespectablereputablehigh-mindedlaw-abidingright-mindedworthymoralethicalrighteousdecentgoodvirtuousprincipledhigh-principledof principlepropercorrectjustnobleincorruptibleanti-corruptionconscientiousOpposite dishonourablecrooked

   adverb

   • 1. in or into an upright position: "she was sitting upright in bed"

   noun

   • 1. a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support: "the stone uprights of the parapet"
   • 2. an upright piano: "a first-class upright that would satisfy an amateur pianist"

   Word Origin Old Englishupriht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oprecht and German aufrecht (see up, right).

   Derivatives

   • 1. uprightly adverb

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   What is the meaning of upright?

   • An upright bike. Honest and just; honorable. Standing, pointing, or directed straight up; in a vertical or perpendicular position; erect. Erect in posture or carriage. Vertically. Walk upright. In an upright position or direction. In or into an upright position. A perpendicular position; verticality.

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   What does it mean if you sit upright?

   • When you sit upright, your back is straight and vertical. Even your grandmother would approve of your posture. Most cars have seats that can fold forward or lean back, and then snap upright, back into a normal sitting position; and when you're in class, you're usually expected to sit upright, facing your teacher at the front of the room.

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   What is the difference between upright and erect?

   • 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.

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   What is an upright person?

   • an upright person. upright dealings. the state of being upright or vertical. something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber. an upright piano. Usually uprights.Chiefly Football. the goalposts. in an upright position or direction; vertically. to make upright. see bolt upright.

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   erect or vertical, as in position or posture. Synonyms: vertical, perpendicular, plumb. Antonyms: horizontal, recumbent. raised or directed vertically or upward. adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just: an upright person. Synonyms: honorable. being in accord with what is right: upright dealings.

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   Something that's upright stands straight up. When you sit upright, your back is straight and vertical. Even your grandmother would approve of your posture.

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