SHAPE UP

Meaning of SHAPE UP in English

Function: intransitive verb

Date: circa 1920

: to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior < shaping up at the gym>

transitive verb : to bring to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SHAPE UP — verb Date: circa 1920 intransitive verb to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior , transitive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAPE-UP — noun Date: 1940 a system of hiring workers and especially longshoremen by the day or shift by having applicants gather …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAPE-UP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: shape up : a system of hiring longshoremen by having applicants gather usually in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAPE-UP — /shayp"up'/ , n. 1. an act or instance of shaping up. 2. a former method of hiring longshoremen in which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — change, be shaped, develop; get organized; behave in a more respectable manner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHAPE UP — Date: circa 1920 intransitive verb : to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior shaping up …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAPE-UP — noun Date: 1940 : a system of hiring workers and especially longshoremen by the day or shift by having applicants …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAPE-UP — Pronunciation: ' sh ā p- ˌ ə p Function: noun Date: 1940 : a system of hiring workers and especially …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — ~ become physically fit. → shape ———————— ~ develop in a particular way. → shape
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHAPE-UP — [shape-up] n (1940): a system of hiring workers and esp. longshoremen by the day or shift by having applicants gather …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAPE UP — [shape up] vi (ca. 1920): to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior ~ vt: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAPE UP — 1. to develop in a particular way, especially in a good way : Our plans are shaping up nicely (= …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — shape up phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ shape ) 1 . to improve your behaviour or work: You …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAPE UP — 1. If something is shaping up , it is starting to develop or seems likely to happen. There are also …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — 1. If something is shaping up, it is starting to develop or seems likely to happen. There are also indications …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHAPE UP — Synonyms and related words : advance, ameliorate, amend, be so, be such, come along, come on, come out, come through, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAPE UP — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn't …
Slang English vocab
SHAPE UP — her work is shaping up nicely : IMPROVE, get better, progress, show promise; develop, take shape, come on, come along. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAPE UP — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn't …
Словарь английских идиом
SHAPE UP — begin to act and look right He has finally begun to shape up and is doing his job much better.
English Idioms vocab
SHAPE UP — improve, reform, get it together The coach told us to shape up - to come to practice on time.
English Idioms vocabulary
SHAPE UP — v. phr. , informal 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. If the new boy doesn't …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. ≈ Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHAPE UP — phr v разг. 1. 1> принимать определённую форму 2> придавать определённую форму 2. амер. приспосабливаться, подчиняться ( общему мнению и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. — Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHAPE UP — phr v разг. 1. 1) принимать определённую форму 2) придавать определённую форму 2. амер. приспосабливаться, подчиняться ( общему мнению и …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SHAPE UP — phr v разг. 1. 1> принимать определённую форму 2> придавать определённую форму 2. амер. приспосабливаться, подчиняться ( общему мнению и …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHAPE UP — придавать определенную форму, подавать надежды, делать успехи
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHAPE UP — придавать определенную форму, подавать надежды, делать успехи
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. — Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. — Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы адаптируются …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHAPE UP — _собир. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SHAPE UP — собир. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SHAPE UP — (v.phr.) складываться;вырисоваться
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
SHAPE UP — принимать определённую форму
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
SHAPE UP — I phrvi infml 1) The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up — План действий на время избирательной кампании …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SHAPE UP — I phrvi infml 1) The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up — План действий на время …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SHAPE UP — shape up phrvi infml 1. The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up План действий на время …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SHAPE UP — I 1) The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up — План действий на время избирательной кампании …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SHAPE UP — складываться; вырисовываться; изменяться; формироваться
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
SHAPE UP — складываться; вырисовываться; изменяться; формироваться
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
SHAPE UP — (v.phr.) складываться;вырисоваться
English Russian slang dictionary
SHAPE UP — v. informal 1. начинать работу, приступать: - You should begin to shape up if you don't want to leave the …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. ≈ Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAPE — — shapable, shapeable , adj. /shayp/ , n. , v. , shaped, shaping . n. 1. the quality of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAPE — I. ˈshāp verb ( shaped ; shap·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceapen, gescapen, past participle of scieppan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SHAPE — noun dress for disguise; guise. 2. shape ·noun a model; a pattern; a mold. 3. shape ·vi to suit; to …
Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE — / ʃeɪp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the form of the outer …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAPE — I. shape 1 S2 W2 /ʃeɪp/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ shapeless , ↑ shapely , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHAPE — n. & v. --n. 1 the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHAPE — n. & v. n. 1 the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHAPE — n. & v. --n. 1. the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE — ( shapes, shaping, shaped) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The shape …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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