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up·per

upper

 
 
pronunciation:
uh pr
parts of speech:
adjective, noun
part of speech: adjective
definition: An upper thing is a thing at a higher level than something else. If there is snow on the upper part of the mountain, then there is snow on the higher part of the mountain. If someone sleeps on an upper bunk, they sleep on the bunk that is nearer the ceiling than the other bunk.
The child climbed to the upper branches of the tree.Dylan's sisters are both in the upper grades at the high school.
antonyms:
inferior
 
part of speech: noun
definition: The upper is the part of a shoe above the sole.
These boots have leather uppers.