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uprighting

uprighting is the present participle and gerund of upright.

Meaning of upright

Verb

upright (third-person singular simple present uprights, present participle uprighting, simple past and past participle uprighted)

  1. (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

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Questions about uprighting

What is uprighting the present participle and gerund of?
Uprighting is the present participle and gerund of upright.

Words near uprighting in the dictionary

  1. upright yellow-sorrel
  2. uprighted
  3. uprighteous
  4. uprighteously
  5. uprighteousness
  6. uprighting
  7. uprightish
  8. uprightly
  9. uprightness
  10. uprightnesses
  11. uprights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uprighting (page history and authors); upright (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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