verbUpper-intermediate

uphold

US

/ʌpˈhoʊld/

UK

/ʌpˈhəʊld/

Meaning

To maintain or defend a law, decision, principle, or standard.

किसी कानून, फैसले, सिद्धांत या मानक को बनाए रखना और उसका समर्थन करना।

Examples

“The court upheld the lower court’s decision.”

legal contextuphold a decision

“Our team must uphold the highest safety standards.”

workplaceuphold standards

“By upholding the rules, the referee kept the game fair.”

-ing formrules and fairness

Useful patterns

uphold a law or ruleuphold a decision or rulinguphold a principle or rightuphold standards

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Word family

upheld(verb)
upholding(verb)
upholder(noun)

Common collocations

uphold the lawuphold a decisionuphold a rulinguphold a principleuphold someone’s rightsuphold high standards

Common mistakes

Not natural: The court upheld to the decision.

Better: The court upheld the decision.

Uphold takes a direct object here; do not put “to” between the verb and the decision.

यहाँ uphold के बाद सीधा object आता है; verb और decision के बीच “to” नहीं लगाते।

Not natural: The manager upheld the employee after the mistake.

Better: The manager supported the employee after the mistake.

Uphold usually applies to decisions, laws, rights, or standards, not to supporting a person.

Uphold आमतौर पर फैसले, कानून, अधिकार या मानक बनाए रखने के लिए आता है; किसी व्यक्ति का साथ देने के लिए supported कहें।

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Learner tip

Use uphold for maintaining a rule, right, standard, or decision; use support when you mean helping a person.

किसी नियम, अधिकार, मानक या फैसले को बनाए रखने के लिए uphold कहें; किसी व्यक्ति की मदद या साथ देने के लिए support कहें।

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A higher court agrees with a previous ruling. What did it do?

ऊपरी अदालत पहले के फैसले से सहमत है। उसने क्या किया?