uphold

«uphold» in Mova's school dictionary: to support it and make sure it is kept — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (uphold, upholds, upheld, upholding)

meaning for a pupil

1) To uphold a rule, law or tradition is to support it and make sure it is kept. tree →

2) (law) To uphold a decision is for a court or judge to say the earlier decision was correct and keep it. tree →

3) (formal) To uphold a value is to defend it and live by it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and law: police uphold the law; a court upholds or overturns a decision; a referee upholds the rules. In ethics and school values: upholding honesty and respect. In church talk: to uphold the faith or teachings.

examples

• Police officers uphold the law. tree →
• The referee upheld the decision after watching the video. tree →
• We promise to uphold the school rules. tree →
• The judge upheld the ban. tree →
• The knights swore to uphold justice. tree →
• Our family upholds the tradition of Sunday lunch together. tree →

note

Irregular: uphold – upheld – upheld. Opposite in law: «overturn». Formal; everyday words are «support», «keep».

In the corpora

• For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
• Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the LORD upholdeth his hand.
• And as for me, Thou upholdest me because of mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever.
• Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.
• Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «uphold» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.