upward

American  

[uhp-werd] / ˈʌp wərd /

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.

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adjective

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

idioms

1. upwards of, more than; above.

   My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars.

upward British  

/ ˈʌpwəd /

adjective

1. directed or moving towards a higher point or level

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adverb

1. a variant of upwards

Other Word Forms

• upwardly adverb
• upwardness noun

Etymology

Origin of upward

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

Example Sentences

There are also signs of speculative activity, with investors buying silver simply because its price has been shooting upward.

From The Wall Street Journal

Regional stocks extended their upward rise after Wall Street saw US shares close at a record high this week.

From Barron's

Trading above both its upward sloping 50 and 200 day simple moving averages and has the look of building the right side of a bullish inverse head and shoulders formation.

From Barron's

Trading above both its upward sloping 50 and 200 day simple moving averages and has the look of building the right side of a bullish inverse head and shoulders formation.

From Barron's

Instead, they have produced a quintessentially American phenomenon: a roaring engine of upward mobility.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• higher
• skyward
• uphill