upward

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English upweardes. See up, ward.

Pronunciation [edit]

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  • (US) IPA: /ˈʌpwɜː(ɹ)d/
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈʌpwəd/

Adverb [edit]

upward

  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.
    Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. -Hooker.
  2. In the upper parts; above.
    Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish. -Milton.
  3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
    From twenty years old and upward. -Num. i. 3.


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Noun [edit]

upward (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The upper part; the top.
    From the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak.

Adjective [edit]

upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)

  1. Directed toward a higher place.
    with upward eye; with upward course

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