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- [uhp and doun]
- /ʌp ænd daʊn/
- /ʌp ənd daʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhp and doun]
- /ʌp ænd daʊn/
Definitions of up and down words
- adjective up and down moving in or related to a direction that is up or is regarded as up: the up elevator; the up train traveling north; the up platform of a railroad station. 1
- adjective up and down informed; familiar; aware (usually followed by on or in): She is always up on current events. 1
- adjective up and down concluded; ended; finished; terminated: The game is up. Your hour is up. 1
- adjective up and down going on or happening; taking place; occurring: What's up over there? 1
- adjective up and down having a high position or station: He is up in society. 1
- adjective up and down in an erect, vertical, or raised position: The gate at the railroad crossing is up. The tent is up. 1
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Origin of up and down
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1610-20
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Parts of speech for Up and down
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
up and down popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
up and down usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for up and down
adj up and down
- all over — All over a place means in every part of it.
- all the time — If something happens or is done all the time, it happens or is done continually.
- backward and forward — If someone or something moves backward and forward, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
adv up and down
- all the way — You use all the way to emphasize how long a distance is.
- assiduously — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- back and forth — If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- conscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
adverb up and down
- alternating — happening in succession
- exhaustively — In an exhaustive manner.
adjective up and down
- around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
- cocked — a conical pile of hay, dung, etc.
- completely — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- designless — without a design, unplanned
- during — throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
Antonyms for up and down
adjective up and down
- considering — You use considering to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
adverb up and down
- incompletely — not complete; lacking some part.
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