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upward

[uhp-werd]

Origin

adverb Also, up·wards.

toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.

toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.: His employer wishes to move him upward in the company.

to a greater degree; more: fourscore and upward.

toward a large city, the source or origin of a stream, or the interior of a country or region: They followed the Thames River upward from the North Sea to London.

in the upper parts; above.

adjective

moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position.

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Idiom

upwards of, more than; above: My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English upweard (cognate with Dutch opwaart). See up-, -ward

Related forms

up·ward·ly, adverb

up·ward·ness, noun

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upward (ˈʌpwəd)

—*adj*
1.	directed or moving towards a higher point or level

—*adv*
2.	a variant of upwards

'upwardly

—*adv*

'upwardness

—n

upwards or upward (ˈʌpwədz)

—*adv*
1.	from a lower to a higher place, level, condition, etc
2.	towards a higher level, standing, etc

upward or upward

—*adv*

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upward

O.E. upweard, upweardes from up (see up) + -weard (see -ward). Cf. M.L.G. upwart, M.Du. opwaert, M.H.G. ufwart. Phrase upward mobility first recorded 1949; mainly restricted to sociologists' jargon until 1960s.

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