"upside down" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ (note: careful speech), /ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/ [informal] Audio: en-us-upside down.ogg
Etymology: Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down"). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|up-so-doun}} Middle English up-so-doun, {{af|en|up|so|down}} up + so + down, {{gloss|"up as down"}} ("up as down") Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} upside down (not comparable)
  1. Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom. Tags: not-comparable Translations (inverted): bulagsok (Bikol Central), bugsok (Bikol Central), suwi (Bikol Central), обърнат (obǎrnat) (Bulgarian), a l'inrevés (Catalan), cap per avall (Catalan), omvendt (Danish), omgekeerd (Dutch), op z'n kop (Dutch), ylösalainen (Finnish), à l’envers (French), ανάποδος (anápodos) (Greek), הָפוּךְ (hafúch) [masculine] (Hebrew), fordított (Hungarian), megfordított (Hungarian), fejjel lefelé fordított (Hungarian), tunsang (Iban), bun os cionn (Irish), invertito (Italian), inverso (Italian), capovolto (Italian), rovesciato (Italian), a testa in giù (Italian), 逆さ (sakasa) (Japanese), 逆さま (sakasama) (Japanese), وارون (varun) (Ottoman Turkish), de cabeça para baixo (Portuguese), de ponta-cabeça (Portuguese), obrátený (Slovak), al revés (Spanish), uppochnedvänd (Swedish), uppochnervänd (Swedish), altüst (Turkish), lộn ngược (Vietnamese), wyneb i waered (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adj-g4svRixi Disambiguation of 'inverted': 99 0 1
  2. In great disorder. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adj-pM3UteH5
  3. (finance) Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms (having negative equity): underwater Derived forms: turn one's life upside down, turn one's world upside down, turn the frown upside down, turn upside down, upside-down cake, upside-down fire, upside down fridge, upside-down income statement, upside-down tree
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adj-wU1ZfDD5 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'having negative equity': 2 0 98

Adverb

IPA: /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ (note: careful speech), /ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/ [informal] Audio: en-us-upside down.ogg
Etymology: Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down"). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|up-so-doun}} Middle English up-so-doun, {{af|en|up|so|down}} up + so + down, {{gloss|"up as down"}} ("up as down") Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} upside down (not comparable)
  1. Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (inverted): bottom-upwards, topsy-turvy Translations (inverted): գլխիվայր (glxivayr) (Armenian), թարս (tʻars) (Armenian), շուռ տված (šuṙ tvac) (Armenian), ওলোটা (ülüta) (Assamese), alt-üst (Azerbaijani), tərsinə (Azerbaijani), наопаки (naopaki) (Bulgarian), a l'inrevés (Catalan), (faan²) (Chinese Cantonese), (fǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), vzhůru nohama (Czech), omvendt (Danish), på hovedet (Danish), ondersteboven (Dutch), kummuli (Estonian), ylösalaisin (Finnish), nurinperin (Finnish), à l'envers (French), sens dessus dessous (French), cabeza abaixo (Galician), თავდაყირა (tavdaq̇ira) (Georgian), auf dem Kopf (German), verkehrt herum (German), verkehrt rum (German), umgekehrt (German), ανάποδα (anápoda) (Greek), tèt anba (Haitian Creole), הָפוּךְ (hafúch) [masculine] (Hebrew), fejjel lefelé (Hungarian), tunsang (Iban), á hvolfi (Icelandic), bunoscionn (Irish), a rovescio (Italian), sottosopra (Italian), al rovescio (Italian), a testa in giù (Italian), al contrario (Italian), 逆さに (sakasa ni) (Japanese), 逆さまに (sakasama ni) (Japanese), 거꾸로 (geokkuro) (Korean), inversus (Latin), kōaro (Maori), sernişîv (Northern Kurdish), serberjêr (Northern Kurdish), nixûm (Northern Kurdish), opp ned (Norwegian Bokmål), opp ned (Norwegian Nynorsk), do góry nogami (Polish), de cabeça para baixo (Portuguese), de ponta-cabeça (Portuguese), ਪੁੱਠਾ (puṭṭhā) (Punjabi), cu fundul în sus (Romanian), cu susul în jos (Romanian), вверх дно́м (vverx dnóm) (Russian), вверх нога́ми (vverx nogámi) (Russian), кверх нога́ми (kverx nogámi) [colloquial] (Russian), bun-os-cionn (Scottish Gaelic), naopak (Slovak), dole hlavou (Slovak), hore nohami (Slovak), al revés (Spanish), boca abajo (Spanish), bocabajo (Spanish), de cabeza (Spanish), upp och ner (Swedish), uppochner (Swedish), upp och ned (Swedish), uppochned (Swedish), tumbalik (Tagalog), tiwarik (Tagalog), догори́ дри́ґом (dohorý drýgom) (Ukrainian), вверх дно́м (vverx dnóm) (Ukrainian), вверх нога́ми (vverx nohámy) (Ukrainian), lộn ngược (Vietnamese), cou å hôt (Walloon), ben ucha'n isa' (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adv-guprZ72x Disambiguation of 'inverted': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'inverted': 100 0
  2. In great disorder. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in great disorder): sekaisin (Finnish), ylösalaisin (Finnish), sotkussa (Finnish), sens dessus dessous (French), άνω κάτω (áno káto) (Greek), הָפוּךְ (hafúch) [masculine] (Hebrew), szanaszét (Hungarian), trí chéile (Irish), sottosopra (Italian), a soqquadro (Italian), serûbin (Northern Kurdish), tarûmar (Northern Kurdish), do góry nogami (Polish), de pernas para o ar (Portuguese), pe dos (Romanian), кувырко́м (kuvyrkóm) (Russian), awhummle (Scots), hore nohami (Slovak), de cabeza (Spanish), patas arriba (Spanish), upp och ned (Swedish), đổ lộn (Vietnamese), cou dzeu cou dzo (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-upside_down-en-adv-pM3UteH5 Disambiguation of 'in great disorder': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reverse [rare], up so down, upside down, upsidown [obsolete], upsy-down [dialectal] Hypernyms: contrarily Hyponyms: arse over tip [British, idiomatic, vulgar], arse over tit [British, idiomatic, vulgar], ass over teakettle [idiomatic, vulgar], base over apex [idiomatic], head over heels [idiomatic]

Proper name

IPA: /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ (note: careful speech), /ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/ [informal] Audio: en-us-upside down.ogg
Etymology: Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down"). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|up-so-doun}} Middle English up-so-doun, {{af|en|up|so|down}} up + so + down, {{gloss|"up as down"}} ("up as down") Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} upside down
  1. Alternative form of Upside Down Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Upside Down Synonyms: up so down (14th-16th centuries), downside up
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Alternative forms

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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "word": "right-side up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
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      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:upside down",
      "tags": [
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          "text": "The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1937, “A Foggy Day (In London Town)”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music):",
          "text": "For, suddenly, I saw you there / And through foggy London town / The sun was shining upside down!",
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          "roman": "šuṙ tvac",
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          "word": "շուռ տված"
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          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "ülüta",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ওলোটা"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "alt-üst"
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          "word": "a l'inrevés"
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "faan²",
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          "word": "反"
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          "roman": "fǎn",
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          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "vzhůru nohama"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "omvendt"
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        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "på hovedet"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ondersteboven"
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "kummuli"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ylösalaisin"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "nurinperin"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "à l'envers"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "sens dessus dessous"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "cabeza abaixo"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tavdaq̇ira",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "თავდაყირა"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "auf dem Kopf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "verkehrt herum"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "verkehrt rum"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "umgekehrt"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anápoda",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ανάποδα"
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          "code": "ht",
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          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "tèt anba"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hafúch",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "הָפוּךְ"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "fejjel lefelé"
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          "code": "iba",
          "lang": "Iban",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "tunsang"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "á hvolfi"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "bunoscionn"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "a rovescio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "sottosopra"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "al rovescio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "a testa in giù"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "al contrario"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakasa ni",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "逆さに"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sakasama ni",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "逆さまに"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geokkuro",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "거꾸로"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "sernişîv"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "serberjêr"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "nixûm"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "inversus"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "kōaro"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "opp ned"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "opp ned"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "do góry nogami"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "inverted",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "puṭṭhā",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "ਪੁੱਠਾ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "cu fundul în sus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "inverted",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "vverx dnóm",
          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "вверх дно́м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "inverted",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "inverted",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "inverted",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "inverted",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "inverted",
          "word": "догори́ дри́ґом"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "trí chéile"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "it",
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          "word": "sottosopra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in great disorder",
          "word": "a soqquadro"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "de cabeza"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "code": "vi",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "word": "turn upside down"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "word": "upside-down fire"
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        {
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          "word": "upside down fridge"
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        {
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ondersteboven"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "kummuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ylösalaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "nurinperin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "à l'envers"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "sens dessus dessous"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cabeza abaixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tavdaq̇ira",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "თავდაყირა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "auf dem Kopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "verkehrt herum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "verkehrt rum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "umgekehrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anápoda",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ανάποδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tèt anba"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hafúch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הָפוּךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "fejjel lefelé"
    },
    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tunsang"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "á hvolfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bunoscionn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a rovescio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "sottosopra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "al rovescio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a testa in giù"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "al contrario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakasa ni",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "逆さに"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakasama ni",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "逆さまに"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geokkuro",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "거꾸로"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "sernişîv"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "serberjêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "nixûm"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "inversus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "kōaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "opp ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "opp ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "do góry nogami"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de cabeça para baixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de ponta-cabeça"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "puṭṭhā",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ਪੁੱਠਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cu fundul în sus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cu susul în jos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverx dnóm",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх дно́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverx nogámi",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх нога́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kverx nogámi",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "кверх нога́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bun-os-cionn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "naopak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "dole hlavou"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "hore nohami"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "al revés"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "boca abajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bocabajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "de cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "upp och ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "uppochner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "upp och ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "uppochned"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tumbalik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tiwarik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dohorý drýgom",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "догори́ дри́ґом"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vverx dnóm",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх дно́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vverx nohámy",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "вверх нога́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "lộn ngược"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cou å hôt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ben ucha'n isa'"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sekaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "ylösalaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sotkussa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sens dessus dessous"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áno káto",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "άνω κάτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hafúch",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הָפוּךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "szanaszét"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "trí chéile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "sottosopra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "a soqquadro"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "serûbin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "tarûmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "do góry nogami"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "de pernas para o ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "pe dos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kuvyrkóm",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "кувырко́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "awhummle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "hore nohami"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "de cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "patas arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "upp och ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "đổ lộn"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "in great disorder",
      "word": "cou dzeu cou dzo"
    }
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    "Upside Down (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "upside down"
}

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    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Assamese translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Bikol Central translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Haitian Creole translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Iban translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Punjabi translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scots translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Walloon translations",
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    {
      "word": "turn one's life upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn one's world upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn the frown upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn upside down"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down cake"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down fire"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside down fridge"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down income statement"
    },
    {
      "word": "upside-down tree"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "up",
        "3": "so",
        "4": "down"
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      "expansion": "up + so + down",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "\"up as down\""
      },
      "expansion": "(\"up as down\")",
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          "text": "The pattern resembled an upside down letter W.",
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        "Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom."
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          "turned",
          "turned"
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          "top",
          "top"
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          "bottom",
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          "ref": "1901, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The lion's whelp: a story of Cromwell's time, page 248:",
          "text": "The wenches and the men have been on the streets all day, and the kitchen is upside down. You never saw the like.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "In great disorder."
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          "disorder",
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
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        "finance"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/",
      "note": "careful speech"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌpsaɪˈdaʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "having negative equity",
      "word": "underwater"
    },
    {
      "word": "up so down (14th-16th centuries)"
    },
    {
      "word": "downside up"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bulagsok"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bugsok"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "suwi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrnat",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "обърнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a l'inrevés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "cap per avall"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "omvendt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "omgekeerd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "op z'n kop"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ylösalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "à l’envers"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anápodos",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "ανάποδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hafúch",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הָפוּךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "fordított"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "megfordított"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "fejjel lefelé fordított"
    },
    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "tunsang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "bun os cionn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "invertito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "inverso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "capovolto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "rovesciato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inverted",
      "word": "a testa in giù"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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