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
He would walk up to my house; it was about a mile, uphill, he would come in and he would take a break. He’d have a cup of water and check in on whoever was there.
We laughed so hard. For the last year, it’s been a confusing time, and I have n’t laughed very much, and to come back together and to laugh out loud and to be surprised by one another and to have new stories to tell and to have another opportunity to do it … it’s a no-brainer. that made me feel like we have a place and we’re not going to be fighting an uphill battle … I thought, why not ?
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
ABB is operationally executing very well while fighting an uphill battle on several fronts.
Plenty of large businesses set up foundations and they are going to invest in the community in which they operate. You are just running in an uphill battle to make the claim that this is somehow out of the ordinary and different.
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