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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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upper

/ˈʌpə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʌpə/
upper
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

up - per -> upper

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အပေါ်

Full entry

upper /'ʌpǝ(r) / adj

၁။ အပေါ်။ the upper lip/ arm/ jaw ❍ one of the upper rooms/ floors/ windows.
၂။ ကုန်းတွင်းပိုင်း (သို့) မြောက်ပိုင်း (သို့) အညာ။ Upper Egypt ❍ the upper (reaches of the) Thames.
၃။ အထက်။ the upper levels of society ❍ salaries/ people in the upper income bracket. Compare LOW1 ၆
n
၁။ (ရှူး၊ ဘွတ်၊ ခြေနင်းတို့၏) ခြေခုံအထက်ပိုင်း။ leather uppers.
၂။ (sl ) စိတ်ကြွဆေး။ Compare DOWNER ၁
❏ gain, get, etc the upper hand [IDM ] အသာစီးရသည်။ အပေါ်စီးရသည်။
The progressive wing of the party has now clearly gained the upper hand.
❏ on one's uppers [IDM ] (Brit infml ) ချွတ်ခြုံကျသည်။
❏ upper case n [U]
(ရောမအက္ခရာ ပုံနှိပ်ရာတွင်) စာလုံးကြီး။
an upper-case "A". Compare LOWER CASE
❏ the upper class n [CGp]
အထက်တန်းလွှာ။ belong to the upper class (es) ❍ The upper class has/ have always had influence. ❍ an upper-class accent/ background.
❏ the upper crust n [Gp] (infml or joc ) လူ့မလိုင်။ belong to the upper crust.
❏ upper-cut n (in boxing)
(လက်ဝှေ့) ပင့်လက်သီး။
❏ the Upper House n [sing]
(ဗြိတိသျှ House of Lords, အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် Senate တို့ ကဲ့သို့) အထက်လွှတ်တော်။

More examples
  • He had a scar on his upper lip.
  • You’ll be able to see more if you sit on the upper deck of the bus.
  • There is already some snow on the upper slopes.
  • He’s got to build up his upper-body strength.
  • [upper limit] : There’s no upper limit on the number of competitors in the race.
  • The upper ranks of the army
  • [the upper echelons (of something)] : The upper echelons of the Conservative Party
  • New York’s Upper East Side
  • The upper reaches (=parts) of the Zambezi
Synonyms
higher, high, greater, better, superior, Meth, STP, above, amphetamine, analeptic, beautiful, bennie, benny, dexy, elation, elevated, elite, eminent, energizer, excitant, good feeling, good feelings, high spirits, important, jollies, joyousness, loftier, more elevated, more important, overhead, pep pill, pick-me-up, reviver, shot in the arm, spark pulg, stars in one's eyes, stimulant, stimulating substance, thrill, top, topmost, turn-on, uppermost, uppie, upward
Antonyms
below, inferior, junior, low, lower, under, unimportant
Cross references
higherhighgreaterbettersuperiorMethSTPaboveamphetamineanalepticbeautifulbenniebennydexyelationelevatedeliteeminentenergizerexcitantgood feelinggood feelingshigh spiritsimportantjolliesjoyousnessloftiermore elevated
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