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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

up for en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Willing to participate in; interested in.
    • Neither team were up for this third-round replay, their lack of enthusiasm betrayed by 16 changes from the line-ups they used in league combat at the weekend. 2011 January 18, Joe Lovejoy, “Cardiff City 0 Stoke City 2”, in Guardian Online:
    • Are you up for a trip to the library today?
  2. (idiomatic) Being or due to be evaluated, inspected, judged, considered, sold, etc., in the stated circumstances or by the stated method.
    • It's still up for debate.
    • My car is up for sale.
    • He is up for second degree murder.
    • She put her jewelry up for auction.
    • He is up for reelection next year, so he will try to control his image.

Relateds

down to · up for grabs · up to

Translations (3)

es dispuesto a (Willing to participate in; interested in) · es interesarle (Willing to participate in; interested in) · es dispuesto a aceptar (Willing to participate in; interested in)