[uhp-werd] 
| 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. |
| 6. | moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position. |
| 7. | upwards of, more than; above: My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars. |
| up·ward (ŭp'wərd) adv. or up·wards (-wərdz)
up'ward·ly adv. |
upwards of
Also, upward of. More than, in excess of, as in Upwards of 30,000 spectators filled the ballpark. [c. 1600]
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