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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