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Word entry · 2 letters

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"Climbing direction"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /ʌp/Part of speech adverb, verb, adjectiveSorted puStarts with UEnds with P5 cluesVery common crossword word
1U2P

Definitions

  1. Toward a higher place or position; also awake, finished, or increased.

Word origin

From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”).

Used in a sentence

  • I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
  • Shoots grow up and roots grow down.
  • All day we climbed up and up.

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Climbing direction2 letters
02Higher than before2 letters
03Out of bed2 letters
04Higher2 letters
05Not down2 letters

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