upward
Adjective · AdverbUS[uhp-werd]/ˈʌpwɚd/2 syllables
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Adverb (2)
Adjective (2)
- directed up“the cards were face upward”“an upward stroke of the pen”Opposite downSimilar up
- extending or moving toward a higher place“the up staircase”“a general upward movement of fish”Synonyms: upOpposite descendingSimilar ascending
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Translations
Adverb toward an upper level
- Spanish
- hacia arriba
- French
- vers le haut
- German
- aufwärts
- Italian
- verso l'alto
- Turkish
- yukarı
- Russian
- вверх vverx
- Chinese
- 向上 xiàngshàng
- Dutch
- omhoog
- Polish
- w górę
- Swedish
- upp
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Up′ward, Up′wards adverb
Origin: AS. upweardes. See Up-, and -wards.
1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; — opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. Isaac Watts
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.— Richard Hooker
2. In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish.— John Milton
3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and upward.— Num. i. 3.
Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above.
I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years.— William Shakespeare
Up′ward adjective
Origin: AS. upweard. See Up, and -ward.
Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
Up′ward noun
The upper part; the top. obsolete
From the extremest upward of thy head.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54