upwards

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UK /ˈʌpwədz/ US /ˈʌpwɚdz/

adv 5

Collocations

ADJ.

growing, turned

VERB + UPWARDS

climb, climbed, climbing, cost, counting, curve, gaze, going

UPWARDS + NOUN

curiosity, decade, fuji, mt, swiftness

PREP.

from, in, onto, with

ADV.

considerably, further, onwards, slowly

Definitions

adv

Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.

look upwards

push upwards

To a higher figure or amount.

Prices are moving steadily upwards.

Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.

Backwards in time, into the past.

To or into later life.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

up
upward
upwardly

adverb — to a later time

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

onwards and upwards

On to greater things.

fail upwards

To advance in one's career despite failure or incompetence.

I got trapped in an absurd, "failing upwards" trajectory. Heathers got me work on a bigger film called Ford Fairlane. When that movie failed, I was given a post on an even bigger f

Example Bank

look upwards

Wiktionary

push upwards

Wiktionary

soar upwards

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The kite soared upwards with the swiftness of a bird.

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His car cost him upwards of ten thousand dollars.

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The hedgehog's snout stretched upwards in curiosity.

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