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UPPER definition: 1. at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part of something: 2. the…. Learn more.
1. a. : higher in physical position, rank, or order. the upper lip. upper management. b. : farther inland. the upper Mississippi. 2. : constituting the branch of a bicameral legislature that is usually smaller and more restricted in membership and possesses greater traditional prestige than the lower house. 3. a.
9 meanings: 1. higher or highest in relation to physical position, wealth, rank, status, etc 2. lying farther upstream, inland,.... Click for more definitions.
UPPER meaning: 1. at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part of something: 2. the…. Learn more.
Use the adjective upper to describe something that's the highest or top in position or rank. Your upper arm is above your lower arm, and the upper bunk on your bunkbed is closest to the ceiling. Upper is useful for talking about anything that's located above something else.
Upper definition: higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale. See examples of UPPER used in a sentence.
upper adjective [always before noun] (SOCIAL CLASS) of a higher social class. the upper limit. the highest amount or level, or the longest time that something is allowed. See also. get/gain the upper hand. (Definition of upper from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
