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What does uphill mean?

Definitions for uphill
ˈʌpˈhɪl; ˈʌpˌhɪlup·hill

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word uphill.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. uphilladjective

    the upward slope of a hill

  2. acclivitous, rising, uphilladverb

    sloping upward

  3. uphilladverb

    against difficulties

    "she was talking uphill"

  4. uphilladverb

    upward on a hill or incline

    "this street lay uphill"

Wiktionary

  1. uphillnoun

    An uphill route.

  2. uphilladverb

    up a slope, towards higher ground

  3. uphilladverb

    with difficulty

  4. uphilladjective

    located up a slope or on a hill

  5. uphilladjective

    going up a slope or a hill

  6. uphilladjective

    difficult or laborious

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Uphilladjective

    Difficult; like the labour of climbing an hill.

    Etymology: up and hill.

    What an uphill labour must it be to a learner, who has those first rudiments to master at twenty years of age, which others are taught at ten. Clarissa.

Wikipedia

  1. Uphill

    Uphill is a village in the civil parish of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast.

ChatGPT

  1. uphill

    Uphill refers to a direction or route that leads toward higher ground or an upper part of a slope. It can also signify a situation that requires hard work, struggle, or significant efforts to overcome challenges.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uphilladverb

    upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill

  2. Uphilladjective

    ascending; going up; as, an uphill road

  3. Uphilladjective

    attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work

Wikidata

  1. Uphill

    Uphill is a village in the civil parish of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Uphill

    up′hil, adj. ascending: difficult.—adv. up a hill, against difficulties.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of uphill in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of uphill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of uphill in a Sentence

  1. Ted Gavin:

    That said, they would have an uphill fight from a disadvantageous position, as we saw in the mortgage crisis and the wave of bankruptcies that followed, possession of documents matters when you're trying to assert a secured claim.

  2. Sami Steigmann:

    And once you indoctrinate somebody, it’s extremely difficult to bring them back, to see the whole picture, to bring them back to reality, it’s an uphill battle.

  3. Fernando Gaviria:

    It's an incredible day, I want to thank my team mates. It was a good sprint, slightly uphill in the end, but I had good legs and a good feeling.

  4. Kerri Talbot:

    I think Congress knows it needs to do something but obviously with this administration, having tried to pass legislation, people know it's an uphill battle.

  5. Lucyanna Labadie:

    It’s kind of an ongoing, uphill climb that we’re facing.

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  • hochgelegen, bergauf, ansteigend, mühselig, berganGerman
  • in éadan an chnoicIrish
  • in salitaItalian
  • kalnupLatvian
  • гора, наверх, тяжёлый, трудный, с трудомRussian
  • மேட்டில்Tamil

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