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Definition: TO BE UP TO |
TO BE UP TO1. (a) To be equal to, or prepared for; as, he is up to the business, or the emergency. [Colloq.] (b) To be engaged in; to purpose, with the idea of doing ill or mischief; as, I don't know what he's up to. [Colloq.] |
Crosswords: TO BE UP TO |
| Etymologies containing "TO BE UP TO": Enascent. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Moreover, the liberalization of China's import climate and removal of import tariffs on logs and lumber (which used to be up to 20%) in 1999 had boosted timber inflows to China from abroad, including Russia. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | Urban unemployment has been rising steadily in recent years, and rural unemployment, estimated to be up to 35% during nonharvest periods, is already at critical levels. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO BE UP TO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | auf dem laufenden sein (to be up to date). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | szemfüles (mercurial, to be up to snuff, vigilant, watchful), sántikál vmiben (to be up to sg), rosszra készül (to be up to no good), nyakig ül vmiben (to be up to the eyes in sg), nem kóser dolgot tervel ki (to be up to some hanky-panky), mindenre képes (to be up to anything), minden kitelik tőle (to be up to anything), mesterkedik vmiben (to be up to sg), megfelel feladatának (to be up to one's task), forral vmit (to be up to sg, to be up to some hanky-panky), felveszi a versenyt vmivel (to be up to sg), feladatának jól megfelel (to be up to a job), feje búbjáig tele van munkával (to be up to one's ears in work). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay ebay upay otay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-o-o-p-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: buteo, butte, petto, potto, putto. | |
-4 letters: boot, bott, bout, bute, butt, oboe, otto, poet, pout, putt, toot, tope, tote, tout, tube. | |
-5 letters: bet, boo, bop, bot, but, obe, oot, ope, opt, out, pet, pot, pub, put, tet, toe, too, top, tot, tub, tup, tut, upo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-o-o-p-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: phototube. | |
+2 letters: phototubes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 42 45 55 50 54 4F |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01000101 00100000 01010101 01010000 00100000 01010100 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   B E   U P   T O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0042 0045 0055 0050 0054 004F |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449236392555025449 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | német |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ungar, magyar |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, angol |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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