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If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.
Joseph Morgan

Meaning of "one-up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ONE-UP

one-up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONE-UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
One-Up is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ONE-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

1-up

1-up, pronounced "one up", is a term in console video gaming that commonly refers to an item that gives the player an extra life, to complete the game. In certain games, it is possible to receive multiple extra lives at once. When this happens, the number of extra lives obtained sometimes changes the notification from "1-up" to the number that reflects the total lives earned: Two lives would be "2-up", five lives would be "5-up", and so on. Games that don't do it this way often simply repeat the "1-up" notification in rapid succession concurrent with the number of lives awarded.

Definition of one-up in the English dictionary

The definition of one-up in the dictionary is having or having scored an advantage or lead over someone or something.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONE-UP

one-sidedness
one-size
one-size-fits-all
one-step
one-stop
one-stop shop
one-stop shopping
one-tailed
one-time
one-to-one
one-track
one-trick pony
one-two
one-upmanship
one-way
one-way street
one-way ticket
one-woman
one-woman performance
one-woman show

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONE-UP

carve-up
change-up
close-up
eye make-up
flare-up
hand-me-up
lace-up
line-up
made-up
make-up
pick-me-up
pile-up
re-up
shake-up
take-up
tie-up
tune-up
un-made-up
wake-up
write-up

Synonyms and antonyms of one-up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «one-up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONE-UP

Find out the translation of one-up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of one-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 «one-up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

one-up
570 millions of speakers

English

one-up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक को
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتابعة واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

один - до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

um plano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marquer un point
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Satu-up
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ein- bis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

1アップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한 업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Siji-up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một -up
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு அப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अजून एक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir yukarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uno - up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jeden -up
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

один -до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

one up
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ένα - up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

een-up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

one- up
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

en opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of one-up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE-UP»

The term «one-up» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE-UP» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «ONE-UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word one-up.
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Dean Karnazes
I don't know if I'm so much fueled by trying to one-up myself so much as passionate about coming up with new and greater challenges. I don't see it as a contest, but as a natural progression.
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Joseph Morgan
If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONE-UP»

Discover the use of one-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to one-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To ...
More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to ...
Peter Lynch, 2012
2
The Secret of the First One Up
After a long winter's sleep, a young groundhog named Lila wakes up before anyone else in her family, goes outside, and learns about her important role in predicting the arrival of spring, in a tale that includes information on the American ...
Iris Hiskey, Iris Hiskey Arno, 2003
3
One Up: A Woman in Action with the SAS
One Up (the military term for someone travelling solo on a surveillance mission) is the electrifying first-person account of an exceptional young woman's experiences of action and adventure - the first book ever written by a female member ...
Sarah Ford, 2008
4
Each one teach one: up and out of poverty : memoirs of a ...
Tells the story of a social activist who was raised in an orphanage and overcame poverty and drug addiction
Ronald Casanova, Stephen Blackburn, 1996
5
The Fearless Five: One Up
David has completed the second book in the series, The Fearless Five - A Journey of Discovery, and is currently putting the finishing touches to the last book in the series, The Fearless Five - Searching for a Niche. http: //SBPRA ...
David J. McMullen, 2011
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Beating the Street: the best-selling author of One up on ...
Beating the Street also tells the wonderful story of a group of seventh graders who, following Lynch's advice to invest in what they knew, outperformed nearly every fund manager on Wall Street.
Peter S. Lynch, John Rothchild, 1993
7
One-Up Trivia: Take Trivia to the Next Level
One-Up Trivia goes beyond any other trivia game or quiz. It gives you not only the follow-up question to a "known" fact, but the answer and then some.
Ken Weber, 2006
8
One Up for Brad
Brad is angry that Sis has all new things while he must settle for old ones, until he realizes he has something new that she does not.
Susan Blackaby, 2006
9
One Up On Your Competition
This is a concise, easy-to-use approach that improves the likelihood of your success and makes you- One Up On Your Competition.
Joanne Eileen Barber, 2004
10
Art of Lawyering: Essential Knowledge for Becoming a Great ...
Under the one-up, one-down tactic, whatever point you put out during the negotiation discussion, the other negotiator finds it necessary to “one-up,” or better your point. This can be frustrating when you are attempting to make a point, only to ...
Paul M. Lisnek, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONE-UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term one-up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
M's win, go streaking
However, the only other player on the field MORE likely to do that, Joshua Donaldson, decided he could one-up him. They probably fought at ... «Lookout Landing, Jul 15»
2
YouTube Creates Stars. Can It Keep Them?
Meanwhile, YouTube and its rivals are trying to one-up each other in offering to get stars to the next level. Vimeo, which is owned by ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
3
Pixels and Armada just pushed geek nostalgia over the edge
Its characters seem incapable of forming new ideas, constantly attempt to one-up each other with obscure knowledge, and are primarily ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
4
3 Quick Tips To One-up Your Résumé
Who doesn't need a perfect resume? It is the first impression that you can have on someone, and even if you think that it's as good as it can be, ... «LifeHacker India, Jul 15»
5
Michael Ennis aiming to get one-up on his daughter's new godfather …
When Michael Ennis runs out for Cronulla on Sunday afternoon at Belmore Sports Ground, not only will he be up against his old Bulldogs ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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One-upping grief: Why we boast about our most tragic stories
Kimberly Gillan, whose grandmother recently passed away, said she was astounded by how many people tried to 'one-up' her grief. WHEN you're battling with a ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
7
Check Point Looks To One-Up Palo Alto Networks With New …
Check Point Software Technologies has inked an expanded partnership with VMware around securing the software defined data center, the ... «CRN, Jul 15»
8
Summer One-Up Week 6: Burpee Buy-In and 15-Minute AMRAP
Looking for a challenge this summer? Get ready to throw down with our fitness expert, PJ Stahl of PJ Stahl Fitness, creator of the TABATA Transformation System ... «Men's Fitness, Jul 15»
9
Google is going to one-up the Apple Watch by launching an Android …
Google is planning to release a mysterious new watch-to-watch messaging service during its next Android Wear update, according to tech ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
10
Lyft, Uber try to one-up each other with carpool price slashing
Car service app Lyft stepped up its competition with longtime foe Uber over the weekend. The company slashed the price for a carpooling trip ... «amNY, Jul 15»

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