"up in the air" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-up in the air.ogg [Australia] Forms: more up in the air [comparative], most up in the air [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} up in the air (comparative more up in the air, superlative most up in the air)
  1. (idiomatic) Not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain. Tags: idiomatic Translations (not yet resolved): en l'aire (Catalan), 不了了之 (bùliǎoliǎozhī) (Chinese Mandarin), auki (Finnish), in der Schwebe hängen (German), in der Schwebe sein (German), lóg a levegőben (Hungarian), nell'aria (Italian), in alto mare (Italian), اندروا (andarvâ) (Persian), but see na dwoje babka wróżyła (Polish), stać pod znakiem zapytania (Polish), неопределённый (neopredeljónnyj) [masculine] (Russian), нерешённый (nerešónnyj) [masculine] (Russian), находя́щийся в подве́шенном состоя́нии / под вопро́сом (naxodjáščijsja v podvéšennom sostojánii / pod voprósom) [masculine] (Russian), пови́сший в во́здухе (povísšij v vózduxe) [colloquial] (Russian), en el aire (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-up_in_the_air-en-adj-R~j6tijX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11

Adverb

Audio: En-au-up in the air.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} up in the air (not comparable)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, in, the, air. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-up_in_the_air-en-adv-ISbQ8neF

Download JSON data for up in the air meaning in English (4.6kB)

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