upward

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/ˈʌpwɚd/

adv 3noun 1adj 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

against, annoying, dumb, extremest, large, slightest, straight, twisting

VERB + UPWARD

comes, crawling, curved, eye, facing, glancing, going, ground

UPWARD + NOUN

chimney, course, effort, inflection, pieces, redistri, sky, thy

PREP.

around, from, in, on, on, through, with, with

ADV.

incredibly

Definitions

adv

In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.

We ran upward.

Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.

In the upper parts; above.

Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.

Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

From twenty years old and upward.

noun

The upper part; the top.

From the extremest upward of thy head.

adj

Directed toward a higher place.

with upward eye; with upward course

[…] economists should focus on efficiency and leave equity to others, to politicians or administrators. But the others regularly fail to materialize, so that when efficiency comes with upward redistribution—frequently though not inevitably—our recommendations become little more than a license for plunder.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher positio

up
upwards
upwardly

adverb — to a later time

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

onward and upward

Alternative form of onwards and upwards.

Example Bank

We ran upward.

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Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.

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If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.

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From the extremest upward of thy head.

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with upward eye; with upward course

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, upward is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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