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upper
1[ uhp-er ]
adjective
- higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper register of a singer's voice.
the upper stories of a house;
the upper register of a singer's voice.
- superior, as in rank, dignity, or station.
- (of places) at a higher level, more northerly, or farther from the sea: upper New York State.
the upper slopes of a mountain;
upper New York State.
- Often Upper. Stratigraphy. denoting a later division of a period, system, or the like:
the Upper Devonian.
noun
- the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
- an upper berth.
- a gaiter made of cloth. Compare gaiter ( def 1 ).
- Usually uppers.
- an upper dental plate.
- an upper tooth.
- Informal. the higher of two bunks or berths.
upper
2[ uhp-er ]
noun
- a stimulant drug, especially an amphetamine.
- a pleasant or elating experience, person, or situation.
upper
/ ˈʌə /
adjective
- higher or highest in relation to physical position, wealth, rank, status, etc
- capital when part of a name lying farther upstream, inland, or farther north
the upper valley of the Loire
- capital when part of a name geology archaeol denoting the late part or division of a period, system, formation, etc
Upper Palaeolithic
- maths (of a limit or bound) greater than or equal to one or more numbers or variables
noun
- the higher of two objects, people, etc
- the part of a shoe above the sole, covering the upper surface of the foot
- on one's uppersextremely poor; destitute
- informal.any tooth of the upper jaw
- slang.Also called (esp US)up any of various drugs having a stimulant or euphoric effect Compare downer
upper
- Being a later or more recent division of the geological or archaeological period named.
- Compare lower
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- on one's uppers, Informal. reduced to poverty; without sufficient means:
They are on their uppers but manage to hide the fact from their friends.
More idioms and phrases containing upper
- keep a stiff upper lip
- on one's uppers
Example Sentences
The House of Keys continued to insist on five-year residency and have sent the legislation back to the upper house.
He "lost a really significant portion of his upper lip - the skin and some of the underlying muscle - and also his lower lip," he said.
The scourge of corruption had long dogged the upper echelons of the Catholic Church.
Our archaeological training taught us to look for these small clues, and to reconstruct from them the outlines of the house’s upper stories.
There has had to be adjustments for her in her new role in Parliament's upper house.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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