Word Study
go up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb go up has 7 senses
- go up(v = verb.motion) arise, come up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
- go up(v = verb.change) climb, rise - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" is one way to grow
- go up(v = verb.motion) approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, near - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" is one way to come, come up
- go up(v = verb.motion) Array - be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere" is one way to arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
- go up(v = verb.motion) climb, climb up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" is one way to arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
- go up(v = verb.change) burn down, burn up - burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" is one way to burn, combust
- go up(v = verb.motion) ascend - travel up,; "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
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The stock market is going to go up
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The airplane is sure to go up
THESAURUS
go up
accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, arise, ascend, balloon, be ruined, become insolvent, bloat, boom, break, breed, broaden, bust, collapse, come up, crash, crescendo, curl upwards, develop, fail, fold, fold up, gain, gain strength, get ahead, go bankrupt, go broke, go into receivership, go to glory, go to hell, go to perdition, go to pot, go to ruin, go to shivers, go to smash, go to smithereens, go under, go wrong, grow, grow up, increase, intensify, levitate, loom, mount, multiply, proliferate, rear, rear up, rise, rise up, run up, shoot up, shut down, snowball, spiral, spire, spread, stand up, strengthen, surge, swarm up, sweep up, swell, tower, up, upgo, upgrow, upheave, uprise, upspin, upstream, upsurge, upswarm, upwind, wax, widenROGET THESAURUS
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Ascent
VB ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.
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