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up in the air

up in the air adjective: not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain.

Adjective

up in the air (comparative more up in the air, superlative most up in the air)

  1. (idiomatic) Not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain.
    • I think I can do it quickly, but the exact schedule is still up in the air.

Adverb

up in the air (not comparable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, in, the, air.
    • He threw the ball high up in the air.

up in the air meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Persian

up in the air in Tamil

முடிவெடுக்கப்படாத, தீர்க்கப்படாத, கோபப்பட்டு, உணர்ச்சிவசப்பட்டுக் குதிக்க

up in the air in Bengali

এখনও মীমাংসিত নয়, শেষ হয়নি, অনিশ্চিত

up in the air in Persian

not yet resolved
اندروا andarvâ

Forms of up in the air

comparativemore up in the air
superlativemost up in the air

Questions about up in the air

What does up in the air mean?
Up in the air means not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain.
What is up in the air in Tamil?
Up in the air in Tamil is முடிவெடுக்கப்படாத, தீர்க்கப்படாத, கோபப்பட்டு. See Up in the air meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is up in the air?
Up in the air can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near up in the air in the dictionary

  1. up hill and down dale
  2. up hill and down dell
  3. Up Holland
  4. up in arms
  5. up in one's grill
  6. up in the air
  7. up Jenkins
  8. up line
  9. up lines
  10. up north
  11. up on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: up in the air (page history and authors); up in the air (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); up in the air (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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