uphill
up
ˈəp
ēp
hill
hÉĒl
hil
/ƌphˈÉĒl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "uphill"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇

in the direction going up a hill or slope
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river flows downhill, but hikers often walk uphill to explore its source.
āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻŸā§‡āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚

challenging situation that requires considerable effort
Disapproving
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Starting a small business in a competitive market can be an uphill struggle, but with determination, it's achievable.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž, āϊāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€

sloping upward from a lower to a higher position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to push his bike up the uphill road.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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the upward slope or incline of a hill or rise in terrain

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hikers paused to catch their breath before tackling the uphill.
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