Question 1 · Quick check
ups
CEFRB1
/ˈʌps/
noun · verb
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Positive or successful parts of a situation.
- 02
noun
Extra detailInitialism of ubiquitin-proteasome system.
Examples
A man's life has its ups and downs.
In life there are ups and downs.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 2
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningInitialism of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy.
verb
Extra meaningthird-person singular simple present indicative of up
More examples
In contextIf you don't want to lose all your data when the power goes out, you should UPS your computer.
I don't think it was to trivialize, but she said about UPSing, maybe we will just UPS it. Mr. Chairman, we are talking lives of Americans in places like Somalia. I mean no one is talking about UPSing the bodies of American soldiers back.
I UPSed the headset off to Flightcom at its headquarters in Oregon with a letter explaining that the headset was not working and that I was not the original owner and didn't have the slightest idea how old it was.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.