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
uphilladjective
the upward slope of a hill
acclivitous, rising, uphilladverb
sloping upward
uphilladverb
against difficulties
"she was talking uphill"
uphilladverb
upward on a hill or incline
"this street lay uphill"
Wiktionary
uphillnoun
An uphill route.
uphilladverb
up a slope, towards higher ground
uphilladverb
with difficulty
uphilladjective
located up a slope or on a hill
uphilladjective
going up a slope or a hill
uphilladjective
difficult or laborious
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
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
Uphilladverb
upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill
Uphilladjective
ascending; going up; as, an uphill road
Uphilladjective
attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work
Wikidata
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
Uphill
up′hil, adj. ascending: difficult.—adv. up a hill, against difficulties.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of UPHILL in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of UPHILL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of UPHILL in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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