uphill
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See also: Uphill
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /ˈʌphɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (adverb) IPA(key): /ʌpˈhɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪl
Adverb
uphill (comparative more uphill, superlative most uphill)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
up a slope, towards higher ground
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(by extension) with difficulty
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Adjective
uphill (comparative further uphill, superlative furthest uphill)
- Located up a slope or on a hill.
- Going up a slope or a hill.
- 1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel:
- “There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.”
“So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris.
- 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
- The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.
- (by extension) Difficult or laborious.
Usage notes
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
located up a slope or on a hill
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going up a slope or a hill
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Noun
uphill (plural uphills)
- An uphill route.
Antonyms
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