MOVE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does move up mean? 

• MOVE UP (verb)
  The verb MOVE UP has 2 senses:

1. move to a better position in life or to a better job

2. move upward

  Familiarity information: MOVE UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOVE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move to a better position in life or to a better job

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

ascend; move up; rise

Context example:

She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown

Hypernyms (to "move up" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue move up

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move upward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise

Context example:

The mist uprose from the meadows

Hypernyms (to "move up" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move up"):

scend; surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)

climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)

go up (be erected, built, or constructed)

rocket; skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)

bubble (rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles)

uplift (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces)

chandelle (climb suddenly and steeply)

steam (rise as vapor)

ascend; come up; rise; uprise (come up, of celestial bodies)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

All new moons are powerful in their own right, but a solar eclipse has the power of three new moons, and they move up timetables rapidly.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Vibrations from sound waves cause these hair cells to move up and down and create an electrical signal that travels to the brain.

(Protein involved in hearing loss recovery, NIH)

There are several types of hernias, including: • Inguinal, in the groin. This is the the most common type. • Umbilical, around the belly button • Incisional, through a scar • Hiatal, a small opening in the diaphragm that allows the upper part of the stomach to move up into the chest. • Congenital diaphragmatic, a birth defect that needs surgery

(Hernia, NIH)

An eclipse will move up your timetable and give you a big push forward.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In astrology, this area is not only the place we move up in our career, but also build a lasting legacy­­—in other words, the ultimate contribution you make to the world during your lifetime.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)