transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌphoʊld ]
( upholds, upholding, upheld)
1.
If you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.
Our policy has been to uphold the law...
...upholding the artist’s right to creative freedom.
VERB : V n , V n
2.
If a court of law upholds a legal decision that has already been made, it decides that it was the correct decision.
The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate’s decision.
VERB : V n