up to
As many as
Up to indicates a limit or maximum: The tank holds up to fifty gallons, tickets for up to four people.
It can mean as far as a point in space or time: water up to my knees, up to now.
When asking what someone is up to, you're asking what they're doing or scheming: What are you up to?
To be up to something suggests mischief.
If a task is up to someone, it's their responsibility or decision: It's up to you.
To be up to a challenge is to be capable of meeting it: I'm not sure I'm up to this.
Having required skills
- ableHaving requisite skill
- readySuitable for use now
- qualifiedMeeting necessary standards
- fitProper or healthy
competent · equal · adequate · suitable · prepared · skilled · worthy · matched
Maximum allowed extent
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- capCovering for top
- boundaryLine marking a limit
point · level · mark · extent · degree · amount · number · range
Maximum extent reached
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- filledMade full, occupied
- packedFilled to capacity
saturated · loaded · brimming · stuffed · crowded · overflowing · jammed · chock-full
Devising a secret plan
- planningArranging for future events
- devisingCreating through thought
- concoctingMaking by combining elements
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
brewing · conniving · mischief · tricks · antics · shenanigans · trouble · something
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- faultImperfection or blame
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- dutyRequired moral task
obligation · discretion · choice · decision · judgment · prerogative · onus · charge
capable
Having required skills
fit · competent · equal · adequate · suitable · prepared · skilled · worthy · matched · sufficient
limit
Maximum allowed extent
boundary · point · level · mark · extent · degree · amount · number · range · date
full
Maximum extent reached
packed · saturated · loaded · brimming · stuffed · crowded · overflowing · jammed · chock-full · bursting
plotting
Devising a secret plan
- planningArranging for future events
- devisingCreating through thought
- concoctingMaking by combining elements
hatching · brewing · conniving · mischief · tricks · antics · shenanigans · trouble · something · no good
blame
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- faultImperfection or blame
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
duty · obligation · discretion · choice · decision · judgment · prerogative · onus · charge · determination
planning
Arranging for future events
- readinessState of being prepared
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
groundwork · setup · organizing · briefing · gearing · warming · building · leading · working · ramping
- hedginghedging, hedge, hedges, hedge bet, qualifier
- compound prepositionsbecause of, instead of, out of, apart from, except for
- restrictorsonly, just, merely, solely, exclusively