English dictionary
upright
nounPronunciation
/ˈʌpɹaɪt/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- An upright piano.
- Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
verb
- To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
adjective
- Vertical; erect.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
adverb
- In or into an upright position
Example sentences
I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.