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Questions about up to

What does up to mean?

up to means "busy or occupied with". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for up to?

Close synonyms include adequate to, capable, equal to. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is up to a common word?

up to is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.