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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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Meaning of "go up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GO UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GO UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Go up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb go up in English.

WHAT DOES GO UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of go up in the English dictionary

The first definition of go up in the dictionary is to move or lead to or as if to a higher place or level; rise; increase. Other definition of go up is to be destroyed. Go up is also to go or return at the beginning of a term or academic year.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GO UP

PRESENT

Present
I go up
you go up
he/she/it goes up
we go up
you go up
they go up
Present continuous
I am going up
you are going up
he/she/it is going up
we are going up
you are going up
they are going up
Present perfect
I have gone up
you have gone up
he/she/it has gone up
we have gone up
you have gone up
they have gone up
Present perfect continuous
I have been going up
you have been going up
he/she/it has been going up
we have been going up
you have been going up
they have been going up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I went up
you went up
he/she/it went up
we went up
you went up
they went up
Past continuous
I was going up
you were going up
he/she/it was going up
we were going up
you were going up
they were going up
Past perfect
I had gone up
you had gone up
he/she/it had gone up
we had gone up
you had gone up
they had gone up
Past perfect continuous
I had been going up
you had been going up
he/she/it had been going up
we had been going up
you had been going up
they had been going up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will go up
you will go up
he/she/it will go up
we will go up
you will go up
they will go up
Future continuous
I will be going up
you will be going up
he/she/it will be going up
we will be going up
you will be going up
they will be going up
Future perfect
I will have gone up
you will have gone up
he/she/it will have gone up
we will have gone up
you will have gone up
they will have gone up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been going up
you will have been going up
he/she/it will have been going up
we will have been going up
you will have been going up
they will have been going up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would go up
you would go up
he/she/it would go up
we would go up
you would go up
they would go up
Conditional continuous
I would be going up
you would be going up
he/she/it would be going up
we would be going up
you would be going up
they would be going up
Conditional perfect
I would have go up
you would have go up
he/she/it would have go up
we would have go up
you would have go up
they would have go up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been going up
you would have been going up
he/she/it would have been going up
we would have been going up
you would have been going up
they would have been going up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you go up
we let´s go up
you go up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to go up
Past participle
gone up
Present Participle
going up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO UP

go to the country
go to the devil
go to the dogs
go to the pack
go to the wall
go to town
go together
go too far
go under
go under the hammer
go up in smoke
go up the wall
go walkabout
go west
go with
go with a swing
go with the stream
go with the turf
go without
go without saying

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO UP

back up
be made up
clean up
come up
do up
dress up
end up
follow up
get up
give up
keep up
look up
set up
show up
sign up
stand up
start up
step up
take up
thumbs up

Synonyms and antonyms of go up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GO UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «go up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of go up
increase · mount · rise · soar

Translation of «go up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO UP

Find out the translation of go up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of go up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

增长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subir
570 millions of speakers

English

go up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर जाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَرْتَفِعُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подниматься
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আরোহণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

naik atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hinaufgehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上がる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

올라가다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேலே செல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yukarı git
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pójść na górę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підвищуватися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a crește
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεβαίνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO UP»

The term «go up» is very widely used and occupies the 15.773 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «go up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «go up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go up

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10 QUOTES WITH «GO UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word go up.
1
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them. Therefore, these foreigners wherever they go or travel they will be rained down with bullets from everyone. Attacks by members of the resistance will only go up.
2
Camila Alves
I have a hard time finding high boots that go up to your knee, because of the shape of my calves.
3
Roone Arledge
But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.
4
Darren Aronofsky
Classical scores go up and down; they're kind of hysterical in a way. And movie scores are much more - they just drive and move forward, and they build and can't go up and down at that same speed. It's a big job to turn that into something that pushes the movie along.
5
Tammy Faye Bakker
I don't want my faith level to go up or down. And so I don't fear.
6
Angela Bassett
The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.
7
Felix Baumgartner
Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
8
Erik Brynjolfsson
Some people think it's a law that when productivity goes up, everybody benefits. There is no economic law that says technological progress has to benefit everybody or even most people. It's possible that productivity can go up and the economic pie gets bigger, but the majority of people don't share in that gain.
9
Steven Burd
We've been paying for 100 percent of preventive care. But if you're not getting annual physicals, then you're not going to gain a financial incentive, so effectively your insurance premium with us will go up.
10
Dan Butler
Every retailer, when they price their goods, looks at their total cost overall. When they have costs go up, they'll price their products accordingly.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO UP»

Discover the use of go up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?
Different types of dinosaurs move and behave in ways that demonstrate opposites. On board pages.
Jane Yolen, 2011
2
Don't Go Up Kettle Creek: Verbal Legacy of the Upper ...
Included with this edition is a new foreword in which Montell and Mary Robbins, executive director of the Tennessee Upper Cumberland Tourism Association, describe changes in the area that have occured since the book's initial appearance.
William Lynwood Montell, 2000
3
I Go Up
FictionI go up the ladder, the mountain and the hill.
Jay Dale, 2012
4
The Balloons Go Up, Up, Up!
Kelly Doudna. The seeds go up. The balloons go up, up, up! 15.
Kelly Doudna, 2010
5
Come Let Us Go Up to the House of the Lord
Surely to know the Scripture, has been Peter's heart desire, to know the depth of God's Word, but the greatest Joy he has had, is to know the Person of the Word and that is God Himself. This is where Life is found.
Peter Lovett, 2012
6
I Go Up and Down
FictionI go up and down in my car, truck and ship.
Jay Dale, 2012
7
The New Glucose Revolution What Makes My Blood Glucose Go Up ...
How long does it take for my blood glucose to go up after I eat? The digestion of carbohydrates from foods begins in the mouth. Consequently, glucose levels can rise rapidly after eating. Within fifteen minutes of eating we can measure an ...
Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, David Mendosa, 2006
8
If It Doesn't Go Up Don't Buy It
Here are recommendations on how to make money in mutual funds, stocks, futures or options that trash traditional Wall Street Strategies and work for the small investor.
Albert W. Thomas, 2003
9
The Bubbles Go Up
"The bubbles go up" is an expression to remember whether one is floundering under water or with feet firmly planted on the ground.
Gloria Mackay, 1999
10
Let Us Go Up to Zion: Essays in Honour of H. G. M. ...
Essays in Honour of H. G. M. Williamson on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday Iain Provan, Mark Boda. association of the positive description of the law and the benefits of keeping it that precedes this prayer is similar to the positive view of ...
Iain Provan, Mark Boda, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mkt likely to go up before pausing; prefer pvt banks: Pros
Though the market set up looks somewhat tentative, it does seem to want to go up and so would not be surprised it went up before pausing or ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
2
PAGASA: Water levels at Angat, 5 major Luzon dams go up
Water levels at Angat Dam in Bulacan and five other major dams in Luzon went up in the last 24 hours, state weather agency PAGASA said ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
3
Hotel goes down so arena can go up in Today in Pictures
Detroit's Park Avenue Hotel is imploded to make way for a new hockey arena and entertainment district. The $450 million, 20,000-seat arena is ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
4
Ramadan Rush: Airline Fares from GCC Countries Go up
KOZHIKODE:In a bid to cash in on the Ramadan rush, the airlines operating from GCC countries to the state have increased their fares. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Fees go up by Rs 6K in engg, pharmacy colleges
The Fee Regulatory Committee of Gujarat has announced a hike in 40 private engineering, pharmacy, and MBA/MCA colleges. The average ... «Ahmedabad Mirror, Jul 15»
6
KVB Kunlun expects sixfold rise in profit in H1 2015, shares go up
The Hong Kong retail Forex broker forecasts its profits for the first six months of 2015 will surge to HK$35 million ($4.52 million), exceeding ... «LeapRate, Jul 15»
7
Will your premiums go up with fewer insurance companies?
Health insurer Aetna Inc. has made a deal to buy competitor Humana Inc. in a $37 billion deal the companies say would create the ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
8
Rain chances go up for Sunday
Lightning possibly sparked a small brush fire in Pierson in Volusia County. Lightning may also be to blame for a house fire in Winter Park ... «News 13 Orlando, Jul 15»
9
BEST expenses go up Rs1.79 lakh a day as right turn is blocked: RTI
This additional coverage is eating up the revenues of the beleaguered bus undertaking, according to activist Anil Galgali, who obtained the ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
10
Belfast Bonfires: Dozens of houses boarded up as residents fear …
Northern Ireland's Housing Executive is boarding up windows in a Belfast street where residents are terrified their homes will go up in flames ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

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