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up⋅ward

[uhp-werd]

–adverb Also, upwards.

1.	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

Related forms:

up⋅ward⋅ly, adverb

up⋅ward⋅ness, noun

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up·ward (ŭp'wərd)

adv. or up·wards (-wərdz)

In, to, or toward a higher place, level, or position: flying upward.
Toward a higher position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: a young executive moving upward fast.
To or toward the source, origin, or interior.
Toward the head or upper parts: bare from the waist upward.
Toward a higher amount, degree, or rank: Prices soared upward.
Toward a later time or age: from adolescence upward.

adj. Directed toward a higher place or position: upward movement.
up'ward·ly adv.

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