upward
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌpwɚd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌpwəd/
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Adverb edit
upward (not comparable)
- In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
- We ran upward.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
- In the upper parts; above.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.
- Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 1:3:
- From twenty years old and upward.
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Derived terms edit
- fail upward
- punch upward
- upward of
- upwards of
- onward and upward
- upward compatible
- upward lightning
- upward mobility
- upward-facing dog
Translations edit
toward an upper level
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in the upper parts; above
Noun edit
upward (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The upper part; the top.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- From the extremest upward of thy head.
Adjective edit
upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)
- Directed toward a higher place.
- with upward eye; with upward course
Synonyms edit
- (toward a higher place): cloudward
Translations edit
moving up, directed toward a higher place
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