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upright
What does upright mean?
upright (adjective): vertical; erect.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use upright in a sentence?
- An upright post. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does upright come from?
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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whole; complete
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large in amount
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vertical; erect
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possessing life
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