UP ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does up on mean? 

• UP ON (adjective)
  The adjective UP ON has 1 sense:

1. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge

  Familiarity information: UP ON used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UP ON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge

Synonyms:

abreast; au courant; au fait; up on

Context example:

up on the news

Similar:

informed (having much knowledge or education)

 Context examples 

This happens when plaque builds up on the walls of the arteries that supply blood to the arms and legs.

(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

A procedure in which x-ray images of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder are taken at regular times after a substance that shows up on x-rays is injected into a blood vessel.

(Intravenous pyelography, NCI Dictionary)

It is made after a substance that shows up on x-rays is injected into a blood vessel.

(Intravenous pyelogram, NCI Dictionary)

It usually shows up on the face, chest, and back and then spreads to the rest of the body.

(Chickenpox, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

And then, taking no further account of me, he turned his back and went up on deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I spent a morning in the British Museum reading up on that and other points.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Palmer looked up on her entering the room, stared at her some minutes, and then returned to his newspaper.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Standing up on our curricle, we could see the cavalcade approaching over the Downs.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes stuck his feet up on the corner of the mantelpiece and, leaning back with his hands in his pockets, began talking, rather to himself, as it seemed, than to us.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Finally, to my astonishment, Holmes climbed up on to the massive mantelpiece.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)