uphold
up
ƌp
ap
hold
ˈhoʊld
howld
/ʌphˈə‌ʊld/

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

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āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to support or defend something that is believed to be right so it continues to last
Transitive: to uphold a value or principle
to uphold definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The organization upholds its commitment to environmental sustainability.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

(particularly of a law court) to state that a previous decision is correct
Transitive: to uphold a decision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The appeals court upheld the conviction, stating that the trial had been conducted fairly.
āφāĻĒāĻŋāϞ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻĻā§‹āώ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to defend or support something, especially when it is being challenged or opposed
Transitive: to uphold a right or stance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The community upheld their rights despite the opposition.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

uphold
hold
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