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up·ward  (pwrd)
adv. or up·wards (-wrdz)
1. In, to, or toward a higher place, level, or position: flying upward.
2. Toward a higher position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: a young executive moving upward fast.
3. To or toward the source, origin, or interior.
4. Toward the head or upper parts: bare from the waist upward.
5. Toward a higher amount, degree, or rank: Prices soared upward.
6. Toward a later time or age: from adolescence upward.
adj.
Directed toward a higher place or position: upward movement.
Idiom:
upward/upwards of
More than; in excess of: "the onslaught of upwards of seventy divisions" (Winston S. Churchill).

upward·ly adv.

upward [ˈʌpwəd]
adj
directed or moving towards a higher point or level
adv
a variant of upwards
upwardly  adv
upwardness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.upward - directed upupward - directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"
up - being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"
2.upward - extending or moving toward a higher placeupward - extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
Adv.1.upward - spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher positionupward - 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"
down, downward, downwardly, downwards - spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
2.upward - to a later timeupward - to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"

upward
adjective
1. uphill, rising, ascending, climbing She started once again on the steep upward climb.
2. rising, climbing, ascending, mounting figures show a clear upward trend from the mid Eighties
Translations
upward [ˈʌpwəd]
A. ADJ [slope] → ascendente, hacia arriba; [tendency] → al alza
upward mobilityascenso m social, movilidad f social ascendente
B. ADV (also upwards)
1. (gen) → hacia arriba
face upwardboca arriba
to lay sth face upwardponer algo boca arriba
to look upwardmirar hacia arriba
2. (with numbers) £50 and upwardde 50 libras para arriba
from the age of 13 upwarddesde los 13 años
upward of 500más de 500

upward [ˈʌpwərd]
adj
[climb] → ascendant(e); [look] → vers le haut
She started on the steep upward climb → Elle entama son ascension de la pente escarpée.
(= increasing) [trend] → à la hausse; [movement] → vers le haut
adv (mainly US)
(= towards higher place) [point, climb] → vers le haut
to look upward → lever les yeux
to lie face upward (= on one's back) → s'allonger sur le dos
to be lying face upward → être allongé(e) sur le dos
(= towards higher amount) [move] → à la hausse
upward of (= more than) → plus de
upwardly mobile [ˌʌpwərdliˈməʊbaɪl] adjen ascension sociale
upwardly mobile voters → les électeurs en ascension sociale
to be upwardly mobile → monter dans l'échelle sociale
upward mobility nmobilité f ascendante

upward
adjAufwärts-, nach oben; glancenach oben; upward compatibilityAufwärtskompatibilität f; upward compatibleaufwärtskompatibel; upward movementAufwärtsbewegung f; upward slopeSteigung f; upward (social) mobility (Sociol) → soziale Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten pl
adv (esp US) = upwards

upward [ˈʌpwəd]
1. adj (movement) → verso l'alto, in su; (curve) → ascendente
upward tendency (Fin) → tendenza al rialzo
2. adv (also upwards)
a.in su, verso l'alto
to lie face upward → giacere supino/a
b. (with numbers) from the age of 13 upwardsdai 13 anni in su
upwards of 500 → 500 e più

upward صاعداً nahoru opad aufwärts προς τα πάνω hacia arriba ylöspäin vers le haut prema gore verso l’alto 上へ向かって 위쪽으로 naar boven oppover w górę para cima вверх uppåt ขึ้นไปทางเหนือ yukarıya doğru về phía trên 向上


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But few instants were required, when, abruptly shifting the double horizontal rudders forward and astern, he shot upward on the tense and straining plane and out of the pit.
No one saw anything, heard anything, yet Michael, with a whine of eagerness and joy, with laughing mouth and wriggling body, was upon the steward, licking his hands madly, squirming and twisting in the embrace of the loved hands he had so recently threatened, making attempts at short upward leaps as he flashed his tongue upward toward his lord's face.
With every puff of the wind the fire leaped upward from the hearth, laughing and rejoicing at the shrieks of the wintry storm.
 
 
 
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