Definitions for uphill
ˈʌpˈhɪl; ˈʌpˌhɪlup·hill

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uphill

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

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How to say uphill in sign language?

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. Steven Hawkins:

   I agree that it's an uphill slog to see federal legalization, but what we're putting on the table is inevitability, when you get to the point when half of the country has legalized for adult-use, we have now set a stage for inevitability. And that begins to change the tone and tenor in Washington.

2. Alan Peterson:

   Our nation turned its back on many of our Vietnam veterans after they were involuntarily drafted into service, it has been a long and uphill road to recovery for many of them.

3. Mats Wilander:

   If I were Thiem I would be going like, 'You know what Sascha, today we're going to go for a run. It's not going to be a sprint but a run and we're going to go uphill for four hours. If you beat me in the end you're better than me, but I'm going to take you the whole way.' If he does that Thiem is the favorite.

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. Jim Small:

   He’s got an uphill climb to be competitive in this race, just to put it bluntly, he’s an unknown running as a Republican in that district.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=uphill
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Uphill
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=uphill
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uphill
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uphill
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=uphill
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=uphill
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=uphill