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- pronunciation:
- uhp
hIl
- parts of speech:
- adverb, adjective
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adverb |
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When you walk uphill, you walk toward the top.
It took us a long time to hike uphill to see the top of the waterfall.- antonyms:
- downhill
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adjective |
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An uphill thing is something that slants upward. It takes more effort to walk on an uphill path than on a flat path or downward path.
Our house has an uphill driveway. |
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If we talk about an "uphill battle" or something like that, we are describing a thing that takes a lot of effort and seems to get more and more difficult.
My mom said she finished college when my sister and I were little. She said it was an uphill battle because she had so little time to study and she was tired all the time.- antonyms:
- easy
- similar words:
- difficult
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