upside

nounprepositioncommon in dialogue

//ˈʌpˌsaɪd//

The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.

noun

1
The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
2
figurativeA favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect.
The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.
They said we’d be free of all that tedious European red tape and would take back control of our borders, encouraging anyone agitated by immigration to believe that fewer people would come in. There would be no downside, only upsides.
3
An upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.

Etymology

From up + side.

preposition

1
informalOn the top of.
Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.

Forms

plural: upsides

UPS · To connect a device to an uninterruptible power supply.upset · Angry, distressed, or unhappy upsetting · An overturning or disarrangement.

upside · The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.

upstairs · Located on a higher floor or level of a building.upstanding · Honest; reputable; respectable.upstate · The northern section of a state.

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