go up

English

Pronunciation

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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. (intransitive) To move upwards.

   Synonyms: ascend, rise

   Synonyms: descend, go down

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.

   Synonyms: rise, increase

   Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.

5. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire.

   Synonyms: burn up; see also Thesaurus:burn

   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.

   Synonym: foul up

   The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night.

7. (intransitive, British, dated) To attend university.

   Synonyms: go to, read, study

8. (intransitive) To be imprisoned.

   Synonym: go under

   He went up in the spring.

9. (cricket) To appeal for a dismissal.
10. (intransitive) To go bankrupt; to be ruined.

    Synonyms: go bust, zero out

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) (uṭhibā)
• 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)

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