"up for" meaning in English

See up for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Audio: En-au-up for.ogg
Head templates: {{en-head|prep}} up for
  1. (idiomatic) Willing to participate in; interested in. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Willing to participate in; interested in): dispuesto a (Spanish), interesarle [verb] (Spanish), dispuesto a aceptar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-up_for-en-prep-0Sdh5Dgi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'Willing to participate in; interested in': 97 3
  2. (idiomatic) Being or due to be evaluated, inspected, judged, considered, sold, etc., in the stated circumstances or by the stated method. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-up_for-en-prep-nUFQt6ec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: up for grabs, up to, down to
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