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upbeat
 
Adjective upbeat has 1 sense
  1. cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat - pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
    Antonym: pessimistic (indirect, via optimistic)
Noun upbeat has 2 senses
  1. wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia - a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"
    --1 is a kind of prosperity, successfulness
    --1 has particulars: fool's paradise; health, wellness
  2. upbeat - an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
    --2 is a kind of     rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
up to scratch up to somebody up to their necks up to you up to your neck upanishad upas tree upawas upbeat upbound upbraid upbraider upbraiding upbring upbringing upburpt upcast

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