upheld
- 1Simple past and past participle of uphold.
The appeals court upheld the lower court's ruling last month.
Her objection was upheld after a brief argument from counsel.
Note
An irregular form that copies its root verb: as hold becomes held, uphold becomes upheld, never upholded. One spelling serves both the simple past (the court upheld the ruling) and the participle after have or be (the ruling has been upheld). With verdicts, objections and principles it means confirming something that was questioned. The physical senses, lifting on high or keeping erect, take the same form.
upheld is a form of uphold
uphold, verb: To support something by approval, confirming that it is valid when it has been questioned or challenged. Full entry
- Spelling
- uphold → upheld: irregular (no -ed)
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