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|up | |up | ||
| | |heading above or upwards | ||
| | |''He crept up the stairs'' | ||
| | |"up" can also be an adjective, adverb, noun or particle. | ||
* * adjective, so when we say, "the sky is up" or "the system is up and running" it is not a preposition | |||
* adverb: "She picked it up" | |||
* noun: "What's up?" | |||
* particle: "I looked it up," "The DJ turned up the music" | |||
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| rowspan="4" |'''with''' | | rowspan="4" |'''with''' | ||