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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
upside down
adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ You're holding the book upside down.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At this gesture, the three Ntibians came over, seized his legs and held him upside down.
▪ Does it matter if we plant the seeds upside down?
▪ Had early explorers come from the southern hemisphere, would our maps appear upside down?
▪ I saw crates of equipment piled upside down, or rusting from neglect.
▪ In desperation I held him upside down by his ankles and shook him.
▪ In the next instant, he flipped and dropped down the passage upside down.
▪ Jack kept his arm at his side, pistol down, watching the cat squeal and squirm upside down on the fork.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Upside down

Upside down \Up"side down`\, adv. in such a manner that the part normally pointed upward is pointed downward; same as upsidown and upsodown.

Upside down

Upside \Up"side`\, n.

  1. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

  2. the benefits; the positive features; -- said of a situation or event that has both positive (good) and negative (bad) aspects.

    To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
    --Sir W. Scott.
    --T. Hughes.

    Upside down. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy.
    --Shak.

    These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.
    --Acts xvii. 6.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
upside down

late 15c., earlier upsadoun (late 14c.), up so down (c.1300); the so perhaps meaning "as if." As an adjective from 1866.

Wiktionary
upside down

a. 1 Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom. 2 In great disorder. 3 (context finance English) Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity. adv. 1 invert, so that the top is now at the bottom. 2 In great disorder. alt. 1 invert, so that the top is now at the bottom. 2 In great disorder.

WordNet
upside down

adv. in an inverted manner; "the box was lying on the floor upside down"

Wikipedia
Upside Down

"Upside Down" is a song written and produced by Chic members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. It was recorded by American singer Diana Ross. The song was issued as a single through the Motown label in 1980, as the lead single from her self-titled tenth studio album, diana. "Upside Down" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 6, 1980. It also hit number one on the Billboard Disco and Soul charts. The single was released a full four weeks after the album was released. It held down the number one spot for four weeks.

"Upside Down" was also a big hit internationally, topping the singles charts in Sweden, Italy, Norway, and Switzerland, while reaching number five in Canada. It also rose to number two on the UK Singles Chart, marking the highest peak performance from Ross as a solo artist since " I'm Still Waiting" in 1971. It also earned her a British Phonographic Industry silver disc award for sales in excess of 250,000 copies.

"Upside Down" is listed at number 62 on Billboard's "Greatest Songs of All Time."

Upside Down (band)

Upside Down were a manufactured boy band, who formed after being showcased in a late night 1990s BBC Television documentary on the making of the band. Members included Chris Leng, Giles Kristian, Jamie Browne and Richard Kaye.

The band were developed by World Records, an independent record label who had staked everything on the success of their act. Their first single was written for fellow 1990s boy band Bad Boys Inc. However, after four singles, World Records went into bankruptcy and Upside Down re-grouped as Orange Orange with no further success. Kristian went on to be an author of historical fiction.

Upside Down (Jack Johnson song)

"Upside Down" is a song written, co-produced, and performed by Jack Johnson for the film Curious George. It is the first track and only single on the album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George, which was released in February 2006.

Upside Down (disambiguation)

" Upside Down" is a song written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and recorded and released by Diana Ross in 1980.

Upside Down may also refer to:

Upside Down (album)

Upside Down is Thomas Leeb's third available release and features 12 instrumentals.

Upside Down (2012 film)

Upside Down ( French: Un monde à l'envers) is a 2012 Canadian-French romantic fantasy written and directed by Juan Diego Solanas, starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst.

Upside Down (1919 film)

Upside Down is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and starring Taylor Holmes, Anna Lehr and Roy Applegate.

Upside Down (2015 film)

Upside Down is a South Korean documentary film about the sinking of the MV Sewol, directed by Kim Dong-bin.

The film received funds from a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Upside Down (A-Teens song)

"Upside Down" (Bouncing off the Ceiling (Upside Down) outside Europe) was A-Teens' first single from their second album Teen Spirit. After the intense promotion in the United States in August 2000 the band went back to studio to start working on their second album. The song was first announced at the Viva Music Awards in September 2000. It was the first time they released an original song and not a cover, and it was produced by the hit makers Grizzly and Tysper.

The single reached Platinum on its 3rd week of release in their homeland and by early 2001, "Upside Down" had sold over 120,000 copies in Sweden earning a 2x Platinum Certification

"Upside Down" had a name change in the United States and Canada to "Bouncing Off The Ceiling (Upside Down)". The song reached number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the physical single reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales Chart.

"Upside Down" became the band's biggest hit in the UK, selling 3,711 copies on its first day peaking at number-ten by the end of the week. The song received 8/10 Stars on UK Yahoo Music Reviews

This song became the A-Teens' biggest hit to date, as well as their signature song.

A DVD single of the song was released in the U.S. in February 2001 to coincide with both the single's release and Teen Spirit's release, and contains the music videos for both the title track and Mamma Mia from The ABBA Generation. The U.S. CD single itself includes the title track, Super Trouper (also from The ABBA Generation) as a bonus song, the music video for the title track, and a collectible poster that features a calendar for the first 6 months of 2001.

In early 2001, the song was briefly become considered as massive hit from the Philippines and its consists for the generation as a bonus song.

Upside Down (The Jesus and Mary Chain song)

"Upside Down" is the first single from the Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. The song was written by William Reid and Jim Reid, and was produced by The Jesus and Mary Chain. The b-side is a cover of a Syd Barrett song and was produced by Joe Foster.

It is the bands only early period release for the Creation Records label.

The sleeves for the first 1.000 copies (in black with red words and an address to write to the band under the credits) were printed by Bobby Gillespie (the next drummer in the band) in Glasgow, and featured handwritten messages from the group. Subsequent copies (without the band address) were produced in several color variations including red, yellow, blue and pink. In 1985 the single was re-released with a totally different sleeve but same catalogue number.

Upside Down (Paloma Faith song)

"Upside Down" is a song by English recording artist Paloma Faith from her debut studio album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? (2009). It was released in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2010, by Epic Records as the fourth single from the album. "Upside Down" was written by Faith, Andrew Nicholas Love, Jos Hartvig Jorgensen and Belle Sara Humble, and it was produced by Love and Jorgensen. The song received mixed reviews from critics. "Upside Down" reached a peak position of fifty-five in the UK chart. The music video was directed by Chris Sweeney, who previously directed the video for Faith's third single, " Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?".

Upside Down (book)

Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World (in Spanish Patas Arriba: la Escuela del Mundo al Revés), originally published in Spanish in 1998, was written by Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan author who was greatly impacted by the political turmoil during the 20th century military regimes in Latin America. Events such as the Uruguayan military coup forced Galeano into exile in Spain and Argentina; these exiles, in particular, may have been formative in Galeano's life and writing. The ruminations of this book were formed as a result of Galeano's desire to remember the past traumas and as well as to learn from them. Within this piece of nonfiction, he explores themes such as modern education systems, racism, sexism, poverty, economics, work, and societal fear. The pretense of the prose tends to be preoccupied with learning to rethink the contradictions of society; in a moment when outrageous circumstances are normalized, it is time to reconsider the understandings many people hold, which, in turn, informs the way such people view the things. Though focusing on Latin America, Galeano uses what he has learned from the political and social environment within Latin America to understand injustices and social dynamics throughout the rest of the world.