toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
2.
toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.: His employer wishes to move him upward in the company.
3.
to a greater degree; more: fourscore and upward.
4.
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.
5.
in the upper parts; above.
–adjective
6.
moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position.
—Idiom
7.
upwards of, more than; above: My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars.
Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE upweard (c. D opwaart). See up-, -ward
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