upward
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1.3
- adverb
- /ˈʌpwərd/
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- As the balloon was released, it floated upward into the clear blue sky.
- move upward
- adjust upward
- upward and outward
Could the purple king shoot upward if it wanted to?
- Could the purple king shoot upward if it wanted to?
- OK, so height, we measure upward, depth we measure downward.
- In a world where PC power consumption just creeps ever upward, this is a breath of fresh air.
- Things that float and fly in the air, things that draw our eyes upward in space.
- And that's her, that's her, she, she, she failed upward.
- So what I'm going to do is I'm going to point this upwards.
Examples
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Jim and Joe picked their way upward to the mouth of the cave.
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But I fought my way upward... ...inch by inch... ...until I wore the crown.
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Could the purple king shoot upward if it wanted to?
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Things that float and fly in the air, things that draw our eyes upward in space.
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Wind seemed to flow across us and sweep upward toward the patch of open air far above.
Fiction book (1990) -
So fluid shifts upward towards the chest and the head.
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So I'm pulling it upward and out by tilting my head down.
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Lay down on your backs, your palms facing upward.
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In a world where PC power consumption just creeps ever upward, this is a breath of fresh air.
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But we must move forward, not backward, upward, not forward twirling, twirling towards freedom.
Synonyms
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1.0
In a higher place or moving to a higher level
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1.0
Moves toward a higher place, level, or amount
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3.2
Pointing or moving up toward the sky
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3.2
At or towards a place above something
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5.9
In a direction up toward the sky or heaven, often with a spiritual meaning
Toward the sky or upward
Antonyms
Compounds
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
upward = (transparent) = up + ward
Standard adverbial formation from 'up' + '-ward', indicating direction or movement toward a higher position. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Upward comes from up ('higher') plus -ward ('towards'), the same ending you see in forward, so as an adverb it means moving 'towards' a higher place or level, either in a real, physical sense or in a more general, figurative way.