upwards

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).

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upward·ly adv.

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upwards [ˈʌpwədz], upward

adv

1. from a lower to a higher place, level, condition, etc.

2. towards a higher level, standing, etc.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	upwards - 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, upward, upwardly 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.	upwards - to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" upward, up

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upwards

adverb

1. up, skywards, heavenwards Hunter nodded again and gazed upwards in fear.

2. (with of) above, over, more than, beyond, exceeding, greater than, in excess of projects worth upwards of 200 million pounds

Translations

upwards [ˈʌpwə^rdz] adv (mainly British)

(= towards higher place) [point, climb] → vers le haut
to look upwards → lever les yeux

to lie face upwards (= on one's back) → s'allonger sur le dos
to be lying face upwards → être allongé(e) sur le dos

(= towards higher amount) [move] → à la hausse

(= more) → plus
upwards of (= more than) → plus de
and upwards → et plus, et au-dessus

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upwards

adv (esp Brit)

move → aufwärts, nach oben; to look upwards → hochsehen, nach oben sehen; face upwards → mit dem Gesicht nach oben; from the waist upwards → von der Hüfte aufwärts; onwards and upwards → vorwärts und aufwärts

(with numbers) prices from £4 upwards → Preise von £ 4 an, Preise ab £ 4; to be revised upwards (figures) → nach oben korrigiert werden; from childhood upwards → von Kind auf or an, von Kindheit an; and upwards → und darüber; upwards of 3000 → über 3000

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