go up

English

Verb

go up (third-person singular simple present goes up, present participle going up, simple past went up, past participle gone up)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ up.
2. To move upwards
3. (intransitive) To be built or erected

   There are new offices going up in town.

4. (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.

   Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.

5. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire.

   The building went up in smoke.   Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes.

6. (intransitive, performing arts) To forget lines or blocks during public performance.

   The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night.

7. (intransitive, British, dated) To attend university.
8. (cricket) To appeal for a dismissal.

Synonyms

• (move upwards): ascend, rise
• (rise or increase): rise, increase
• (be consumed by fire): burn up
• (forget lines or blocks during public performance): foul up

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “move upwards”): go down, descend

Derived terms

• what goes up must come down

Translations

to move upwards

• Arabic: صَعِدَ (ṣaʕida), imperfective: يَصْعَدُ (yaṣʕadu)

  Egyptian Arabic: طلع (ṭiliʕ)

• Basque: igo
• Belarusian: падыма́цца impf (padymácca), падніма́цца impf (padnimácca), падня́цца pf (padnjácca)
• Bulgarian: издигам се (izdigam se)
• Catalan: pujar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上昇／上升 (zh) (shàngshēng), 上去 (zh) (shàngqù)

• Esperanto: alsupri (eo), supreniri
• Finnish: nousta (fi), mennä ylös, kohota (fi), yletä (rare)
• French: monter (fr), s’élever (fr)
• German: hinaufgehen (de), steigen (de)
• Greek: ανεβαίνω (el) (anevaíno)

  Ancient: ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō)

• Hebrew: עָלָה (he) m ('alá)
• Ingrian: noissa, yletä, korota, kohota
• Italian: salire (it)
• Japanese: 上がる (ja) (あがる, agaru), 登る (ja) (のぼる, noboru)
• Korean: 올라가다 (ko) (ollagada)
• Lao: ຂຶ້ນ (lo) (khưn)
• Latin: ascendō
• Ligurian: muntâ, montâ
• Lombard: andà (lmo) su (lmo)
• Norman: monter
• Occitan: pojar (oc)
• Odia: ଉଠିବା (or) (uṭhiba)
• Persian: بالا رفتن (fa) (bâlâ raftan)
• Polish: podnosić się (pl) impf, podnieść się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: subir (pt)
• Russian: поднима́ться (ru) impf (podnimátʹsja), подня́ться (ru) pf (podnjátʹsja)
• Spanish: subir (es)
• Tagalog: akyatin
• Tetum: sa'e
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎍𐎊 (ʿly)
• Ukrainian: підніма́тися impf (pidnimátysja), підійма́тися impf (pidijmátysja), підня́тися pf (pidnjátysja)
• Vietnamese: lên (vi)

to be built

• Finnish: nousta (fi), kohota (fi)

to rise or increase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上昇／上升 (zh) (shàngshēng)

• Finnish: nousta (fi) (hinnassa, arvossa), kallistua (fi)
• German: ansteigen (de), aufsteigen (de), hochgehen (de)
• Greek: ανεβαίνω (el) (anevaíno)
• Japanese: 昇る (ja) (のぼる, noboru)
• Persian: بالا رفتن (fa) (bâlâ raftan)
• Portuguese: subir (pt)
• Russian: повыша́ться (ru) impf (povyšátʹsja), повы́ситься (ru) pf (povýsitʹsja)

to be consumed by fire

• Finnish: hävitä (fi), kadota (fi), palaa (fi)
• Portuguese: arder (pt), queimar (pt)

to forget lines during public performance

• Finnish: unohtaa vuorosanansa

to attend university

• Finnish: käydä (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Basque: ^{(please verify)} igo
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} opgaan (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} plialtiĝi
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} felmegy (hu)

Anagrams

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