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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “at a higher position”",
"word": "lower"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “at a higher position”",
"word": "under"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “situated higher”",
"word": "lower"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “more recent”",
"word": "lower"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "member of upper house"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "stiff upper lip"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper airway"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Allen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Arley"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper arm"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Austria"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Ballinderry"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Batley"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Beeding"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Bentley"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Boat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper body"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper bound"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper boundary"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Broughton"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper camel case"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper case"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper chamber"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Chichester"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper class"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Corris"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper crust"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper-cruster"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper cut"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper deck"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper decker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Deerfield"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Egypt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Egyptian"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper esophageal sphincter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Freehold"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper garment"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Halliford"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper hand"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Heyford"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Hill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Holloway"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper house"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Hunter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Hutt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper jaw"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Lachlan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper leaf zone"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper limit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper lip"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Marlboro"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper memory area"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper middle class"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Midwest"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "uppermost"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Mount Bethel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Norwood"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Parkstone"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Peninsula"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Pittsgrove"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Poppleton"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Providence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper quartile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper reaches"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper respiratory tract"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Sandusky"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper school"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper semicontinuous"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper semi-continuous"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper set"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper side"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper sixth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Sorbian"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Southampton"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper storey"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper story"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper surgery"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Sydenham"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Tean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper ten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "upper ten thousand"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Upper Volta"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "up",
"3": "-er",
"id2": "comparative"
},
"expansion": "up + -er",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Equivalent to up + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "uppermore",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "uppermost",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uppermore",
"sup": "uppermost"
},
"expansion": "upper (comparative uppermore, superlative uppermost)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"up‧per"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"At a higher level, rank or position."
],
"id": "en-upper-en-adj-gZzUKIz9",
"links": [
[
"higher",
"higher"
],
[
"level",
"level"
],
[
"rank",
"rank"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaʕlā",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَعْلَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕulyā",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عُلْيَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaʕla",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "أعلى"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "verin",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "վերին"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "yuxarı"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vjérxni",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ве́рхні"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "góren",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "го́рен"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pó-góren",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "по́-го́рен"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superior"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàng de",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "上的"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàngbiān de",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "上邊的 /上边的"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "horní"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "vrchní"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "ugu",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "угу"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ylempi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "korkeampi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "supérieur"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superior"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zeda",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ზედა"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zemo",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ზემო"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zemota",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ზემოთა"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "oberer"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anṓteros",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ἀνώτερος"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'elyón",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עֶלְיוֹן"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "felső"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superiore"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"alt": "うえの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ue no",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "上の"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wiui",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "위의"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superus"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "goren",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "горен"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pogoren",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "погорен"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "dergi",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "deed",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "дээд"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "gld",
"lang": "Nanai",
"roman": "uwuj",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "увуй"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "üst",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "اوست"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yukarı",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "یوقاری"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâlâtar",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "بالاتر"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "górny"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "wierzchni"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superior"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "acima"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "de cima"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "hanan"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "hanaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vérxnij",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ве́рхний"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "uttara",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "उत्तर"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "buiner"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "го̑рњӣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "gȏrnjī"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "horný"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "vrchný"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "gornji"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superior"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "övre"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 6 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vérxnij",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ве́рхній"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly."
],
"id": "en-upper-en-adj-7CaI2jgr",
"links": [
[
"Situate",
"situate"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕulwiyy",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عُلْوِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fawqāniyy",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فَوْقَانِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fōgāni",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "فوقاني"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "verin",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "վերին"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "yuxarı"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "goren",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "горен"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "øvre"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḥrj",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "Hr:r-y:N1"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "higher",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "ylempi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "farther",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "kaukaisempi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "more northerly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "pohjoisempi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "ober"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "felső"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "øvre"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "üst",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "اوست"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yukarı",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "یوقاری"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bâlâtar",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "بالاتر"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vérxnij",
"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "ве́рхний"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 92 1 1",
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"_dis1": "36 36 1 3 1 5 5 5 4 2 1 1",
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{
"word": "stiff upper lip"
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{
"word": "upper airway"
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"word": "Upper Allen"
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{
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{
"word": "upper arm"
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{
"word": "Upper Austria"
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{
"word": "Upper Ballinderry"
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{
"word": "Upper Batley"
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{
"word": "Upper Beeding"
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{
"word": "Upper Bentley"
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{
"word": "Upper Boat"
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{
"word": "upper body"
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{
"word": "upper bound"
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{
"word": "upper boundary"
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{
"word": "Upper Broughton"
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{
"word": "upper camel case"
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{
"word": "upper case"
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{
"word": "upper chamber"
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{
"word": "Upper Chichester"
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{
"word": "Upper Corris"
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{
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{
"word": "upper cut"
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{
"word": "upper deck"
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{
"word": "upper decker"
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{
"word": "Upper Deerfield"
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{
"word": "Upper Egypt"
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{
"word": "Upper Egyptian"
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{
"word": "upper esophageal sphincter"
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{
"word": "Upper Freehold"
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{
"word": "upper garment"
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{
"word": "Upper Halliford"
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{
"word": "upper hand"
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{
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{
"word": "Upper Lachlan"
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{
"word": "upper limit"
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{
"word": "Upper Mount Bethel"
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{
"word": "Upper Norwood"
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{
"word": "Upper Parkstone"
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{
"word": "Upper Peninsula"
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{
"word": "Upper Pittsgrove"
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{
"word": "Upper Poppleton"
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{
"word": "Upper Providence"
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{
"word": "upper quartile"
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{
"word": "upper reaches"
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{
"word": "upper respiratory tract"
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{
"word": "Upper Sandusky"
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{
"word": "upper school"
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{
"word": "upper semicontinuous"
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{
"word": "upper semi-continuous"
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{
"word": "upper set"
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{
"word": "upper side"
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{
"word": "upper sixth"
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{
"word": "Upper Sorbian"
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{
"word": "Upper Southampton"
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{
"word": "upper storey"
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{
"word": "upper story"
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{
"word": "upper surgery"
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{
"word": "Upper Sydenham"
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{
"word": "Upper Tean"
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{
"word": "upper ten"
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{
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{
"word": "Upper Volta"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superior"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ზედა"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ზემო"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "zemota",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ზემოთა"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "oberer"
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "ἀνώτερος"
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"code": "he",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "上の"
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "위의"
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"code": "la",
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"word": "ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ"
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"code": "ota",
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{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "yukarı",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "یوقاری"
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "بالاتر"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "wierzchni"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "superior"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
"word": "acima"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
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"code": "qu",
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"code": "qu",
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"sense": "at a higher level, rank or position",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "ylempi"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "ota",
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{
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly",
"word": "یوقاری"
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "hy",
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"word": "վերին"
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"ref": "2012, Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use:",
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"ref": "2016, The Best of the Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years of American Humor:",
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"ref": "2014, Jake Jacobson, Alaska Tales: Laughs and Surprises:",
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