upside
pronunciation
How to pronounce upside in British English:
UK [ˈʌpsaɪd]
How to pronounce upside in American English:
US [ˈʌpˌsaɪd]
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- Noun:
- the highest or uppermost side of anything
Word Origin
- upside (n.)
- 1610s, "upper side or surface," from up (adj.) + side (n.). Adverbial phrase upside (someone's) head in reference to a blow to the head is recorded from 1970, U.S. black slang.
Example
- 1. But consider the upside , they urged readers .
- 2. That 's the upside of globalization .
- 3. I can 't think of any practices that are all upside .
- 4. So far , the u.s. has mostly seen the upside of a down dollar .
- 5. It is profitable to take risks whose upside accrues to oneself and whose downside accrues to others .