upside

upside

English

Alternative forms

• up-side

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/, enPR: ŭpʹsīd'

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• Rhymes: -ʌpsaɪd

Noun

upside (plural upsides)

1. The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
2. A favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect.

   Antonym: downside

   • 2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight:

     The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.

3. (finance) An upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.

   Antonym: downside

Derived terms

• upside down

Translations

the highest or uppermost side or portion of something

Arabic: فَوْق‎ (ar) (fawq) Bulgarian: горна страна f (gorna strana) Finnish: yläpuoli (fi) German: Oberseite (de) f Russian: верх (ru) m (verx) Slovak: vrchol, vrch Turkish: üst taraf

a favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect

Czech: výhoda (cs), klad (cs) Finnish: hyvä puoli German: Vorteil (de) m, positive Seite f, Schokoladenseite (de) f, gute Seite f Russian: плюс (ru) m (pljus) Slovak: výhoda, prednosť Spanish: lado bueno m, lado positivo m, lado favorable m Turkish: avantaj (tr)

an upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc

Finnish: noususuuntaus German: Aufwärtsbewegung (de) f, Aufwärtstrend (de) m, Stärkung (de) f, Erholung (de) f Russian: рост (ru) m (rost)

Preposition

upside

1. (informal) On the top of.
   • 2002, Pamela Duncan, Moon Women

     Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.