Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The upper side or portion.
- n. An advantageous aspect: the upsides and downsides of home ownership.
- n. An upward tendency, as in business profitability or in the prices of a stock.
- prep. Slang On: "If you still didn't get it, well, sometimes you have to hit people upside the head ... to get their attention” ( Howie Carr).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The upper side; the upper part.
- On the upper side.
Wiktionary
- n. the highest or uppermost side or portion of something
- n. a favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect
- n. an upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc
- prep. informal On the top of.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
- n. the benefits; the positive features; -- said of a situation or event that has both positive (good) and negative (bad) aspects.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the highest or uppermost side of anything
Examples
“He chose "Democracy" as his subject and turned the term upside down by declaring, "Who can blame Signor Mussolini for describing it as a putrefying corpse?”
“The inexperience obviously hurt the Aggies at times, though the upside is the potential the team could possess in 2010 as long as the newcomers get stronger in the weight room and improve on the field.”
“Their conclusion, in what they call their upside scenario, projects an American unemployment rate down 2 percent from the baseline.”
“A good cold snap may carry off some valuable bits of wildlife and cost in energy terms but the upside is a culling of troublesome pests that cannot be achieved in any other way.”
“They go to refinance, they go to sell the property, and they are what we call upside down.”
“His long-term upside is somewhat limited in light of the fact that he'll be 25 this year.”
“Her book lay open upon the window - sill and Desire, having good eyes, could read its title upside down.”
“Do you see a short term upside for this company in in a month or two?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘upside’.
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all sides
sidecar, sidekick, sided, sidelong, sider, sideline, sidewise, sideways, sidetrack, sideslip, sidestep, sidepiece and 103 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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delcj's Words
gavotte, perverse, tchotchkes, schmoop, divisural, triplicostate, albatross, snuggery, virgule, separatrix, solidus, tetrodotoxin and 116 more...
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Words that you discovered on Wordie
flibbertigibbet, humdudgeon, grawlix, upside, concinnity, aposiopesis, odalisque, angelology, cacoethes
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oneasterism's words
Words that I like, that I don't use often enough, that are new to me, that friends and family have taught me, and so on.
lugubrious, reticent, eschelon, missive, penchant, copious, conspicuous, tranquil, redolent, asinine, inane, dilatory and 625 more...
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Hilary's List
Just a list of words I like
wellspring, mystery, wonderment, intrinsic, artisan, enchantment, magic, transience, incomplete, impermanent, imperfect, resonance and 163 more...
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money money money
annuity, diversification, dilution, capitalization, antitrust, dividend, cyclical, decimalization, clawback, upside, flowback, supernormal and 10 more...
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Cultural Caca
Sometimes misleading, often peculiar and technical.
slimming, caca, sku, bogo, prenup, complimentary, sweetener, keeper, painterly, semiautobiographical, hack-a-shaq, upside and 35 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu So... I take it that not having heard of this phrase is an upside of living Down Under. Dec 23, 2010
frogapplause Hehe. Jan 13, 2009
reesetee Not bad! It does work much better when you slap someone else upside the head. However, please note that I am not volunteering.
*slaps computer monitor upside the head* Dec 8, 2008
bilby *slaps himself upside the head*
I'm not sure I'm doing this right.
*slaps himself upside the head again*
Oooh, yeah. I think there's something in it. Dec 8, 2008
reesetee Try what? To slap me upside the head? I must warn you: I have powerful friends. Dec 8, 2008
bilby May I try it? Pleeassee?! *backflips* Dec 8, 2008
reesetee Being slapped upside the head is relatively common here--or I should say that the phrase is relatively common. :-) Dec 8, 2008
bilby "As if that weren't enough, 'The Snowman' channel has joined the insanity! Yes, it's just this. A moving picture of a paralyzed snowman caught in a wintery scene with ghastly Christmas tunes urging him to slap himself upside the head. But he can't, you see, which is an interesting situation and one that holds my brain hostage for hours."
- Maryann, 'Deranged Snowman and Caffeine Intoxication', findingladolcevita.blogspot.com, 6 Dec 2008.
I have never heard this prepositional use of upside in Australian English. Dec 7, 2008