See uphold in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"4": "to stop, halt, detain"
},
"expansion": "German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "upholt"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German upholt",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "upphald",
"3": "",
"4": "uphold, support"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse upphald (“uphold, support”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- + hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop, cease, hold up”), German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”). Compare also Middle Low German upholt, Old Norse upphald (“uphold, support”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "upholds",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "upholding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "upheld",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "upheld",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "upholden",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "upholds",
"2": "upholding",
"3": "upheld",
"past_ptc2": "upholden",
"past_ptc2_qual": "archaic"
},
"expansion": "uphold (third-person singular simple present upholds, present participle upholding, simple past upheld, past participle upheld or (archaic) upholden)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1899, John Dryden, Geoffrey Chaucer, Percival Chubb, Dryden's Palamon and Arcite, page 5:",
"text": "The mournful train/ Echoed her grief, [...]/ With groans, and hands upheld, to move his mind, /Besought his pity to their helpless kind",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1769, The King James Bible, Proverbs 29:23:",
"text": "A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1623, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act V, Scene iv:",
"text": "That misbegotten devil, Falconbridge, /In spite of spite, alone upholds the day.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:",
"text": "Uttering such broken ejaculations Mrs. Hart burst into a passion of tears, and only Lord Chetwynde's strong arms prevented her from falling. / He upheld her.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom?\nSimilarly, both the Government and the EU argued at the time the deal was agreed that they were upholding the Good Friday Agreement by implementing the Protocol."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 18:",
"text": "but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned)"
],
"links": [
[
"support",
"support"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌʌpˈhəʊld/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊld"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rafaʕa",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "رَفَعَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povdigam",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "повдигам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "hoog houden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "nostaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "pitää yllä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "hochheben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "hochhalten"
},
{
"alt": "かかげる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaka-geru",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "掲げる"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "tueor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "whakamaranga"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "hevde"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "lufte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "heve"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podnimátʹ",
"sense": "to hold up",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поднима́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "elevar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hold up",
"word": "levantar"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sanada",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "سَنَدَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poddǎržam",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "поддържам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "sostenir"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "schragen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "steunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "ondersteunen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "pitää pystyssä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "soutenir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "hochhalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "aufrecht halten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "aufrechterhalten"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "tueor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "tautīnei"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "holde"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddérživatʹ",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soxranjátʹ",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сохраня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otstaivátʹ",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отстаива́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okázyvatʹ poddéržku",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ока́зывать подде́ржку"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "sustentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "sostener"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep erect",
"word": "mantener"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "daʕama",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "دَعَمَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podkrepjam",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "подкрепям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasǎrčavam",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "насърчавам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "ondersteunen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "staande houden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "verdedigen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "bevestigen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "ylläpitää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "pitää yllä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of sentences etc.",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "pysyttää voimassa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of sentences etc.",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "pitää ennallaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "soutenir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "unterstützen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "verteidigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "bestätigen"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "menyangga"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "mendukung"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "menyokong"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "menjaga"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "melestarikan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "a right",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "difendere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "a principle",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"topics": [
"law"
],
"word": "confermare"
},
{
"alt": "しじする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiji-suru",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "支持する"
},
{
"alt": "ささえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sasaeru",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "支える"
},
{
"alt": "たもつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tamotsu",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "保つ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "tautīnei"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "støtte"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "suportar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odobrjátʹ",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "одобря́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podtverždátʹ",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подтвержда́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "sostener"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "confirmar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to support by approval or encouragement",
"word": "upprätthålla"
}
],
"word": "uphold"
}
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