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View synonyms for upward

upward

[ uhp-werd ]

adverb

  1. toward a higher place or position:

    The birds flew upward.

  2. toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.:

    His employer wishes to move him upward in the company.

  3. to a greater degree; more:

    fourscore and upward.

  4. toward a large city, the source or origin of a stream, or the interior of a country or region:

    They followed the Thames River upward from the North Sea to London.

  5. in the upper parts; above.


adjective

  1. moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position.

upward

/ ˈʌpwəd /

adjective

  1. directed or moving towards a higher point or level
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. a variant of upwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈupwardly, adverb
  • ˈupwardness, noun
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Other Words From

  • upward·ly adverb
  • upward·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of upward1

before 900; Middle English; Old English upweard (cognate with Dutch opwaart ). See up-, -ward
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. upwards of, more than; above:

    My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars.

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Example Sentences

Even though upward of one-third of the US population may have already been exposed to the virus, we don’t fully know who has had it because there are so many asymptomatic cases, and because of gaps in testing.

From Vox

A wispy, spirit-like version of herself falls away from her body as her outstretched arm and eyes point upward.

If case counts in an area begin to tick upward, public-health departments should be ready to respond quickly with vaccination and testing campaigns, Popescu says.

From Time

In the lab box tests, spiders had to add strand after strand before researchers saw the first upward lurch.

She has been depositing upward of $250 a month for the last six months into both of my daughters' accounts.

Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.

Their clear priorities : faster economic growth and promoting upward mobility for the middle and working classes.

For fees ranging upward of $100, the officiant is the person who makes a prison marriage happen.

Constitutional arguments aside, there do seem to be some better ways to create conditions for upward mobility among newcomers.

Unlike a normal ship, the bow slopes upward from the water up to the deck.

Both of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.

The unsupported pump-rods fell downwards, setting in upward motion the column of water in the plunger-pole pumps.

As the organist closes his pedal, the indicator key again moves upward into its normal position.

Even Henrietta stopped eating, looked upward at the dusty ceiling, and listened for a repetition of the sound.

Pallid, Sir Lucien Pyne lay by the ebony chair glaring horribly upward.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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