UPWARD
upward, up(a)
(adjective) extending or moving toward a higher place; “the up staircase”; “a general upward movement of fish”
upward
(adjective) directed up; “the cards were face upward”; “an upward stroke of the pen”
up, upwards, upward, upwardly
(adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; “look up!”; “the music surged up”; “the fragments flew upwards”; “prices soared upwards”; “upwardly mobile”
up, upwards, upward
(adverb) to a later time; “they moved the meeting date up”; “from childhood upward”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin
In the upper parts; above.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
Synonyms
• up, upwards
Antonyms
• down, downwards
Noun
upward (uncountable)
(obsolete) The upper part; the top.
Adjective
upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)
Directed toward a higher place.
Synonyms
• (toward a higher place): upwards
Anagrams
• draw up, draw-up, updraw
Source: Wiktionary
Up"ward, Up"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. upweardes. See Up-, and -wards.]
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. I. Watts. 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. Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above. I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years. Shak.
Up"ward, a. Etym: [AS. upweard. See Up, and -ward.]
Definition: Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
Up"ward, n.
Definition: The upper part; the top. [Obs.] From the extremest upward of thy head. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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