verb
uphold
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
In a sentence
Six example sentences with uphold, each labelled with its topic.
The appeals court upheld the earlier ruling, leaving the sentence exactly as the trial judge had set it.
Law
Both parties promised to uphold the treaty, and the border checkpoints stayed exactly where they had stood for decades.
Politics
The village council votes each year to uphold the ban on new hotels, so the harbor looks as it did.
Travel
The league upheld the one game suspension after reviewing the footage, and the star watched from a suite.
Basketball
The ombudsman upheld the customer's complaint, and the bank had to keep the fee waiver it had tried to cancel.
Business
Guilds fought for centuries to uphold their ancient privileges, and the charters were read aloud at every annual feast.
History
Study uphold until you keep it
Learn English words in sentences about topics you pick, with a quick quiz. With an account, words come back for review.
Found in these word lists
- United States Courts glossaryAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
Each source is a published word list that contains uphold. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.