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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#m1)

2) (law) To uphold a decision is for a court or judge to say the earlier decision was correct and keep it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#m2)

3) (formal) To uphold a value is to defend it and live by it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#x1)
- The referee upheld the decision after watching the video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#x2)
- We promise to uphold the school rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#x3)
- The judge upheld the ban. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#x4)
- The knights swore to uphold justice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#x5)
- Our family upholds the tradition of Sunday lunch together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.590/)
- [Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the LORD upholdeth his hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.597/)
- [And as for me, Thou upholdest me because of mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.686/)
- [Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.855/)
- [Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2281/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uphold» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uphold/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.