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Ups
//ʌps// adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Alternative spelling of upz (“outstanding”). Singapore, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, predicative
Intj
- 1 Misspelling of oops. alt-of, misspelling
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of United Parcel Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"When C.J. Parker got his new passport in the mail, he was initially in disbelief. Parker thought that the contents of the UPS envelope that he had opened must have been a mistake: The 27-year-old’s corrected birth certificate and a court order certifying his name and gender change had seemingly been destroyed."
- 2 Initialism of United Parañaque Subdivision: several subdivisions in barangays San Martin De Porres, San Isidro, BF Homes, and Marcelo Green Village, in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
- 1 Initialism of uninterruptible power supply/source. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 plural of up form-of, plural
- 3 plural of UP form-of, plural
- 4 Initialism of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of ubiquitin-proteasome system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To connect a device to an uninterruptible power supply. nonstandard, transitive
"If you don't want to lose all your data when the power goes out, you should UPS your computer."
- 2 third-person singular simple present indicative of up form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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