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upright
/ˈʌpɹaɪt/
noun
Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
An upright piano.
verb
To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
adjective
Vertical; erect.
"I was standing upright, waiting for my orders."
Greater in height than breadth.
Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
Synonymssurrect
adverb
In or into an upright position
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