| ADJECTIVE | all | vertical, perpendicular | at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line |
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| pert | vertical | relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution | |
| all | vertical, erect, upright | upright in position or posture | |
| all | vertical | of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group) | |
| NOUN | relation | vertical | something that is oriented vertically |
| artifact | vertical, upright | a vertical structural member as a post or stake |
| Sounds | ver'tihkahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line. | |
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| Synonym | perpendicular | |
| Attribute of | orientation | Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions |
| Narrower | plumb | exactly vertical |
| upended | turned up on end | |
| upright, unsloped | In a vertical position | |
| See also | steep | Having a sharp inclination |
| straight | Having no deviations | |
| Opposite | horizontal | parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line |
| inclined | At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position | |
| Spanish | vertical | |
| Catalan | vertical | |
| Nouns | vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake |
| vertical | something that is oriented vertically | |
| verticality, verticalness | position at right angles to the horizon | |
| Adverbs | vertically | in a vertical direction |
| Meaning | relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution. | |
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| Nouns | vertical integration | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution |
| Meaning | upright in position or posture. | |
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| Example | "a column still vertical amid the ruins" | |
| Synonyms | erect, upright | |
| Attribute of | position, posture, attitude | The arrangement of the body and its limbs |
| Narrower | erectile | capable of being raised to an upright position |
| fastigiate | Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column) | |
| orthostatic | pertaining to an upright standing posture | |
| passant | In walking position with right foreleg raised | |
| rampant, rearing | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | |
| semi-climbing | Of plants that are semi-climbers | |
| semi-erect | Of plants that are partly erect | |
| semi-upright | Of animals that are partly erect | |
| stand-up | requiring a standing position | |
| standing | Having a supporting base | |
| statant | Standing on four feet | |
| straight, unbent, unbowed | Erect in posture | |
| Opposite | unerect | not upright in position or posture |
| Spanish | erecto, vertical | |
| Catalan | erecte | |
| Nouns | vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake |
| verticalness | position at right angles to the horizon | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group). | |
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| Example | "vertical social mobility" | |
| Broader | hierarchical, hierarchal, hierarchic | classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers |
| Meaning | Something that is oriented vertically. | |
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| Broader | orientation | Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions |
| Adjectives | vertical | at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line |
| Meaning | A vertical structural member as a post or stake. | |
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| Synonym | upright | |
| Part of | goalpost | One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field |
| Narrower | column, pillar | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure |
| jamb | upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame | |
| post | An upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position | |
| scantling, stud | An upright in house framing | |
| shaft, scape | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column | |
| stile | An upright that is a member in a door or window frame | |
| Broader | structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
| Spanish | elemento vertical | |
| Adjectives | vertical | at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line |
| vertical | upright in position or posture | |
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