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upward
[ uhp-werd ]
adverb
- toward a higher place or position:
The birds flew upward.
- toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.:
His employer wishes to move him upward in the company.
- to a greater degree; more:
fourscore and upward.
- 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.
- in the upper parts; above.
adjective
- moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position.
upward
/ ˈʌə /
adjective
- directed or moving towards a higher point or level
adverb
- a variant of upwards
Derived Forms
- ˈܱɲ, adverb
- ˈܱɲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܱw· adverb
- ܱw·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- upwards of, more than; above:
My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars.
Example Sentences
In general, economists say building more homes reduces upward pressure on home prices and rents, and new development also tends to boost tax revenue.
Those reductions are meant to address a budget crisis triggered by spiraling legal payouts, a weakening economy and rising personnel costs, which were driven further upward by the fires.
He’d seen buzzards on the hillside just ahead, where the terrain turns steeply upward and the forest begins.
The camera takes in the whole party and then it tilts upward: The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire.
Trump’s election had also raised expectations of an upward economy, he said, adding: “On Jan. 20 during inauguration, American business was in high spirits.”
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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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