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
upwards (comparative more upwards, superlative most upwards)
Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
To a higher figure or amount.
Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
Backwards in time, into the past.
To or into later life.
• upward, up
• downward, down
• draw-ups, draws up, updraws
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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