"up in the air" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-up in the air.ogg 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), 계류되다 (gyeryudoeda) (Korean), 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)
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Adverb

Audio: En-au-up in the air.ogg
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
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        "(idiomatic) Not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain."
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "en l'aire"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùliǎoliǎozhī",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "不了了之"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "auki"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "in der Schwebe hängen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "in der Schwebe sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "lóg a levegőben"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "nell'aria"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "in alto mare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeryudoeda",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "계류되다"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "andarvâ",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
          "sense": "not yet resolved"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "but see na dwoje babka wróżyła"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "stać pod znakiem zapytania"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neopredeljónnyj",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
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          "word": "неопределённый"
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          "roman": "nerešónnyj",
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          "word": "нерешённый"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naxodjáščijsja v podvéšennom sostojánii / pod voprósom",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "находя́щийся в подве́шенном состоя́нии / под вопро́сом"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "povísšij v vózduxe",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "пови́сший в во́здухе"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not yet resolved",
          "word": "en el aire"
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