"UP" meaning in English

See UP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} UP
  1. Initialism of Upper Peninsula. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Upper Peninsula
    Sense id: en-UP-en-name-d0ImMeNI
  2. (religion) Initialism of United Presbyterian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: United Presbyterian Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-UP-en-name-iapv5~cD Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: lifestyle, religion
  3. (India) Initialism of Uttar Pradesh. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Uttar Pradesh
    Sense id: en-UP-en-name-SEiKk87y Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Indian English
  4. (software) Initialism of Unified Process. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Unified Process Categories (topical): Software
  5. (Philippines) Initialism of University of the Philippines. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: University of the Philippines Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-UP-en-name-9C6SZe7X Disambiguation of Universities: 1 3 1 3 60 3 30 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: RUP [software, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Noun

Forms: UPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} UP (plural UPs)
  1. Initialism of unqualified prospect. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: unqualified prospect
    Sense id: en-UP-en-noun-sQCQ8YGj
  2. Initialism of university press. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: university press
    Sense id: en-UP-en-noun-KhCBRXD~

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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