Meaning

3 senses

  1. Located up a slope or on a hill.

    hochgelegen

    располо́женный на горе́raspolóžennyj na goré

  2. Going up a slope or a hill.

    ansteigend

    иду́щий в го́руidúščij v góru, веду́щий наве́рхvedúščij navérx

  3. (broadly)Difficult or laborious.

    mühselig

    тру́дныйtrúdnyj, тяжёлыйtjažólyj

More definitions
  • sloping upward

Examples

31 sentences

  1. Tom is facing an uphill battle.

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  2. It's usually faster to walk downhill than uphill.

    deBergab geht gewöhnlich schneller als bergauf. — Waldelfe

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  3. Tom's facing an uphill battle.

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  4. Sami's attorney faced an uphill battle.

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  5. I don't want to go uphill.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
located up a slope or on a hill:
going up a slope or a hill:
(by extension) difficult or laborious:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
located up a slope or on a hill:
going up a slope or a hill:
(by extension) difficult or laborious:

Origin

From up + hill.

From up + hill.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

further uphill/farther uphill, furthest uphill/farthest uphill

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
downhill

Word family

2 related words
Deriveduphill battleuphill climb

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upgradeB2upheavalC1upholdupholsterupholstery

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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