right side up

adverb

variants or less commonly right-side up or right-side-up

US : in such a way that the upper and lower parts are in their usual or principal position and not reversed

She flipped the card right side up to reveal the ace of diamonds.

Invert banana bread onto rack and turn right side up.

—Curtis Stone

… they turned the bottom plate upside-down and placed cherry tomatoes in the circular area in the center. … when an identical plate was placed right-side-up on top, the tomatoes were held nicely in place while sliced in half with a sharp knife.

—Lindsey Nair

When you look at an object through a lens, it appears upside down, so you need some way to put the image right side up before it reaches your eye. That's the job of the prism.

—David E. Petzal

… a word that can be read the same right-side up and upside down.

—Richard Morin

You can design a robot that, if you drop it upside down, can land right side up, but a cat can flip over and land right side up regardless of how it started …

—Jennifer Ouellette

right side up adjective

or right-side-up or less commonly right-side up

US

in a right side up position

Examples of right side up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then, on the prism (which corrects the image orientation from upside down to right side up), there’s a phase coating which ensures light passing through the Swarovski binoculars is directed perfectly toward your eye. —Wes Siler, Outside Online, 13 Dec. 2024

If the tee is used, Hochuli said, the pointed end of the ball has to be placed inside the tee cavity or it can be leaned against it, as long as the tee is right side up. —Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024

But despite being part of U.S. law, the law provides no enforcement mechanism for flying the flag right side up. —Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 23 May 2024

Flip cauliflower right side up, and use a brush to evenly coat cauliflower with remaining seasoning mixture. —Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above