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Synonyms for upper

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhp-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌp ər

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Définition of upper

Origin :
  • c.1300, originally comparative of up. Cf. Middle Dutch upper, Dutch opper, Low German upper, Norwegian yppare. Noun meaning "part of a shoe above the sole" is recorded from 1789; sense of "stimulant drug" is from 1968. Upper crust is attested from mid-15c. in reference to the top crust of a loaf of bread, 1836 in reference to society. The pugilistic uppercut is first recorded 1842. Upper hand "advantage" is late 15c., probably from wrestling. Upperclassman is recorded from 1871. Upper middle class (adj.) is first recorded 1872.
  • adj above
  • adj superior
Example sentences :
  • But the upper edges are ragged, torn by a wind not yet felt below.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The chief stock was settled at Liberton, in the upper part of Clydesdale.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • At that moment there was an uproar from the upper part of the hotel.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • His brother lay upon his bed, at the upper end of a long bed-chamber.
  • Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
  • But the terrible thing about him was the death's-head look of the upper part of him.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • It is a Scotch bow, I see, for the upper nock is without and the lower within.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Lifting myself to catch the upper scent, I winded a man that was not of Ty-uonyi.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • All the houses were of two stories, of which the upper was open on the sides, and used for sleeping.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • "We were going to hunt up a parson in Upper Chester," said the Captain, sheepishly.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • There are forty-one of these ribs, twenty-one on the upper and twenty on the lower plane.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

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