vertical

Standing or moving straight up and down.

• Draw a vertical line.
• The ladder was almost vertical.
• These curtains have blue vertical stripes.

Similar words: upright

Opposites: horizontal

Common phrases: vertical line, vertical stripes, vertical position

A position or direction that is straight up and down.

• The tower leans from the vertical.
• We checked the post against the vertical.
• Hold the board close to the vertical.

How to use it: from the vertical (The pole leans ten degrees from the vertical.)

Similar words: upright position

Opposites: horizontal

Common phrases: from the vertical, near the vertical, off the vertical

A line that runs straight up and down.

• Draw a vertical through this point.
• Two verticals divide the page into columns.
• The horizontal crosses the vertical at a right angle.

Similar words: vertical line

Opposites: horizontal

Common phrases: draw a vertical, parallel vertical, vertical and horizontal

A section of a news website or publication that focuses closely on one subject.

• She edits the health vertical.
• The website launched a new technology vertical.
• Each vertical has its own team of writers.

Similar words: section

Common phrases: news vertical, health vertical, launch a vertical