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What (who) is upper - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Upper (disambiguation)
Upper
Geology & Archaeology denoting a younger (and hence typically shallower) part of a stratigraphic or archaeological division:
upper
upper1
¦ adjective
1. situated above another participle
higher in position or status.
(often Upper) Geology & Archaeology denoting a younger (and hence typically shallower) part of a stratigraphic or archaeological division: the Upper Palaeolithic.
2. situated on higher ground.
3. [in place names] situated to the north.
¦ noun the part of a boot or shoe above the sole.
Phrases
have (or gain) the upper hand have (or gain) an advantage or control.
on one's uppers informal extremely short of money.
the upper crust informal the upper classes.
Origin
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upper2
¦ noun informal a stimulating drug, especially an amphetamine.
Origin
upper
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use upper to describe something that is above something else.
There is a smart restaurant on the upper floor...
Students travel the cheap lower deck and tourists the upper.
? lower
ADJ: ADJ n, the ADJ
2.
You use upper to describe the higher part of something.
...the upper part of the foot.
...the upper rungs of the ladder.
? lower
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
The government was beginning to gain the upper hand...
It was easy to see who had the upper hand.
PHRASE: PHR after v
4.
The upper of a shoe is the top part of it, which is attached to the sole and the heel.
Leather uppers allow the feet to breathe.
N-COUNT: usu pl
Wikipedia
Upper
Upper may refer to:
- Shoe upper or vamp, the part of a shoe on the top of the foot
- Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both
- Upper, the original film title for the 2013 found footage film The Upper Footage
- Dmitri Upper (born 1978), Kazakhstani ice hockey player
Examples of use of upper
1. Snow fell in parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Midwest.
2. Could it have been the upper deck of a bus lying on the road that stiffened our upper lips?
3. During campaigning, Ram Gopal astonishes his upper caste friends by engaging in extreme verbal hostilities against the upper castes.
4. Passengers gain upper hand As the tape proceeded, it was clear that passengers were gaining the upper hand.
5. The Senate clearly had the upper hand in the sibling rivalry as it asserted its status as the upper chamber.