What does UPHILL mean?

Definitions for UPHILL
ˈʌpˈhɪl; ˈʌpˌhɪlup·hill

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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. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

    We had been building and building, knocking on doors and doing everything we could, but a lot of the rhetoric I was met with from day one was,' You know,( Jeff Klein) is so powerful, and you have an uphill battle and I don't know if I want to donate. I received so many no's and so many question marks, asking if it was possible, then June 26th happened.

  2. Chief Julie Pace:

    Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's pretty unknown to most Americans and faces a real uphill climb in this big field with a lot of Democratic stars, but Montana Gov. Steve Bullock thinks Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has a compelling case to make in a primary where electability has been one of the big questions from Democratic voters.

  3. Geoff Ogilvy:

    It's an optical illusion on the second shot, it's uphill, but it looks downhill. It plays a fraction longer than you want it to. The stance you have wants you to hit a draw. But if you miss a shot with the ball above your feet, it's often to the right. And that's where all the trouble is.

  4. Richard Ji:

    Uber faces an uphill task in Uber China especially since Didi Chuxing is multiple times larger by transaction value and city coverage, this will lead to favorable outcomes for both companies. The biggest benefit is cost savings, they no longer have to give out subsidies to drivers and passengers. It will give pricing power as the new entity will become the dominant player. That means profitability will come sooner than later.

  5. Joe Biden:

    We just have to make the case of what we’re for and what the other team is not for, look, we knew all along that a lot of this was going to be an uphill fight, and one of the ways to do this is to make sure we make the contrast as clear as we can. And one of the things that I think we’re going to have to do is just make the case.

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Translations for UPHILL

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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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