upright

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Vertical; erect
2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
3. Greater in height than breadth.
4. Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
5. Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Adv

In or into an upright position.

Noun

1. Any vertical part of a structure.
2. (slang) Any vertical part of a structure.
3. Any vertical part of a structure.
4. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
5. (informal) An upright piano.
6. (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
7. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
8. (obsolete) The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

Verb

To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Sinonieme

honest

erect

straight

vertical

just

standing

perpendicular

straightforward

⬆️

direct

honorable

righteous

fair

sincere

faithful

upstanding

moral

vertically

good

👍

truthful

right

correct

loyal

fair-minded

virtuous

honourable

trusty

true

lofty

unsloped

staunch

frank

precise

conscientious

impartial

scrupulous

ethical

proper

upright piano

even

candid

square

on end

integrity

glorious

tall

clean-handed

aboveboard

devote

equitable

holy

trustworthy

unbiased

positive

post

veracious

regular

honest-minded

stand straight

stand upright

be honest

be faithful

be straight

sportsmanlike

stand-up

forthright

downright

taut

tautly

tense

tensely

tightly

be true

transparent

uncorrupt

unprejudiced

up

🆙

up front

veracity

well behaved

well-formed

well-mannered

adv

honest person

pure of heart

stand erect

standing up

the right way

orthostatic

of good character

rise perpendicularly

trabecula

fair-dealing

of high integrity

high-mined

white-handed

straight-forward

having good morals

fair-and-square

meritable

evendown

upright post

very straight

upright bar

justo

upright stanchion

vertical prop

upright column

jumping upright

onest

standard

above

calm

cautious

clean

column

creditable

crutch

🩼

detached

directly

disinterested

dispassionate

endlong

endways

endwise

erection

erectly

even-handed

faithfully

frame

godly

grandeur

high

high-minded

hoist

honestly

immediate

incorruptible

leg

🦵

logical

longitudinal

manly

mast

nobel

noble

objective

ortho

pile

pillar

pious

plume

plus

pole

probity

pure

raise up

rampant

reliable

respectable

right angle

right hand

rod

set-up

simple

south

stagnant

stainless

stalk

stand

stands

stand up

steep

straight ahead

straight on

stud

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: upright

Geërf van Old English: upriht

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: apgjucht

Verwante met Fries: oprjocht

Verwante met Nederlands: oprecht

Verwante met Duits: aufrecht

Verwante met Sweeds: upprätt

Verwante met Yslands: uppréttur

In summary

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).