Dictionary

go up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move upwards.
2. (intransitive) To be built or erected.
   • There are new offices going up in town.
3. (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.
   • Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.
4. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire.
   • The building went up in smoke. Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes.
5. (intransitive, qualifier:performing arts) To forget lines or blocks during public performance.
   • The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night.
6. (UK, dated, intransitive) To attend university.
7. (intransitive) To be imprisoned.
   • He went up in the spring.
8. To appeal for a dismissal.
9. (intransitive) To go bankrupt; to be ruined.
10. (intransitive, qualifier:Baltimore) To break down; to stop working.
11. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.

Forms

Deriveds

what goes up must come down · go up in the world

Synonyms

outburn · combust · ascend · foul up · rise · descend · forburn · increase · burn up · go to · burn · read · go under · study · go up · rise · go bust · go down · torch · zero out

Translations (78)

pt arder (to be consumed by fire) · fi unohtaa vuorosanansa (to forget lines during public performance) · pt queimar (to be consumed by fire) · es subir (to move upwards) · fi kadota (to be consumed by fire) · de aufsteigen (to rise or increase) · tet sa'e (to move upwards) · fi käydä (to attend university) · fa بالا رفتن (to move upwards) · ja 登る (to move upwards) · fi nousta (to be built) · lij montâ (to move upwards) · tl akyatin (to move upwards) · cmn 上昇 /上升 (to rise or increase) · fi nousta (hinnassa, arvossa) (to rise or increase) · de ansteigen (to rise or increase) · fi hävitä (to be consumed by fire) · izh noissa (to move upwards) · ar صَعِدَ (to move upwards) · be падыма́цца (to move upwards) · pl podnieść się (to move upwards) · fi palaa (to be consumed by fire) · ru повыша́ться (to rise or increase) · izh kohota (to move upwards) · cmn 上去 (to move upwards) · eo supreniri (to move upwards) · it salire (to move upwards) · arz طلع (to move upwards) · pl podnosić się (to move upwards) · de steigen (to move upwards) · fr monter (to move upwards) · or ଉଠିବା (to move upwards) · fa بالا رفتن (to rise or increase) · la ascendō (to move upwards) · he עָלָה (to move upwards) · grc ἀναβαίνω (to move upwards) · fi nousta (to move upwards) · pt subir (to rise or increase) · lmo andà su (to move upwards) · fi mennä ylös (to move upwards) · hu felmegy (to move upwards) · el ανεβαίνω (to move upwards) · izh korota (to move upwards) · lo ຂຶ້ນ (to move upwards) · uk підійма́тися (to move upwards) · uk підніма́тися (to move upwards) · vi lên (to move upwards) · fi kohota (to be built) · uk підня́тися (to move upwards) · izh yletä (to move upwards) · ru повы́ситься (to rise or increase) · fr s'élever (to move upwards) · el ανεβαίνω (to rise or increase) · ru подня́ться (to move upwards) · be падня́цца (to move upwards) · nrf monter (to move upwards) · ar يَصْعَدُ (to move upwards) · ca pujar (to move upwards) · de hinaufgehen (to move upwards) · cs vyjet (to move upwards) · ja 上がる (to move upwards) · ko 올라가다 (to move upwards) · be падніма́цца (to move upwards) · fi kallistua (to rise or increase) · lij muntâ (to move upwards) · cs vyjít (to move upwards) · fi kohota (to move upwards) · ru поднима́ться (to move upwards) · de hochgehen (to rise or increase) · ja 昇る (to rise or increase) · eu igo (to move upwards) · fi yletä (to move upwards) · eo alsupri (to move upwards) · uga 𐎓𐎍𐎊 (to move upwards) · oc pojar (to move upwards) · cmn 上昇 /上升 (to move upwards) · pt subir (to move upwards) · bg издигам се (to move upwards)