upright

(Engels)

Adj

1. Vertical; erect.
2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
3. Greater in height than breadth.
4. (figuratively) 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. Any vertical part of a structure.
3. (slang) 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. (abbreviation, alt-of, informal) Short for upright piano
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, informal) Short for upright arcade game cabinet
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
8. (British, dialectal, obsolete) The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

Verb

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: upright

Overgenomen van Oudengels: upriht

Verwant aan Saterfries: apgjucht

Verwant aan Fries: oprjocht

Verwant aan Nederlands: oprecht

Verwant aan Duits: aufrecht

Verwant aan Zweeds: upprätt

Verwant aan IJslands: 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”).

Concepten

overeind

rechtop

getrouw

trouw

rechtopstaand

trouwhartig

loyaal

post

recht

degelijk

🔉

direct

eerlijk

eerzaam

fatsoenlijk

net

oprecht

stijl

verticaal

achter elkaar

rechts

rechtschapen

rechtstreeks

staan

stander

kaarsrecht

haaks

gewetensvol

vandehands

pianino

rechthoekig

loodrecht

live

Synoniemen

honest

erect

straight

vertical

just

perpendicular

standing

straightforward

⬆️

direct

honorable

righteous

fair

sincere

good

👍

truthful

upstanding

moral

vertically

faithful

true

honourable

right

virtuous

loyal

trusty

fair-minded

correct

staunch

lofty

unsloped

even

ethical

candid

square

conscientious

frank

precise

proper

scrupulous

impartial

on end

upright piano

tall

equitable

sportsmanlike

stand-up

trustworthy

regular

holy

post

Vertalingen

aufrecht

droit

recto

honnête

verticale

onesto

vertical

gerade

derecho

vertical

debout

honrado

diritto

intègre

retto