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Plural of up

regular plural

The plural of up is ups.

Forms of up

Singularup /ʌp/
Pluralups /ʌps/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Ups in a sentence

  • There are many ups to caravanning, but also many downs.
  • One last impression — and one of the biggest "ups" for me — was the Saturday night cultural presentations.1976 February 14, Michael Bumblebee, “Gay Folks and The 'Hard Times'”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 3
  • Plenty of prognosticators try to forecast the ups and downs of the market.From the entry prognosticator
  • Heidi and Mike had their ups and downs, but they stayed married for more than 60 years.From the entry ups and downs
  • Their relationship knew ups and downs.From the entry know

Meaning of up

  1. adverb Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
  2. adverb To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
  3. adverb To an upright or erect position.

Full definition of up

Questions about the plural of up

What is the plural of up?
The plural of up is ups.
Is up countable?
Up is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: up (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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