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upwards

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈʌpwədz/(UK)
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/ˈʌpwədz/(UK) · /ˈʌpwɚdz/(US)

Definition of upwards

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
    “look upwards”
    “push upwards”
    “soar upwards”
    “The balloon drifted upwards into the sky.”
    “The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
    “look upwards”
    “push upwards”
    “soar upwards”
    “The balloon drifted upwards into the sky.”
    “The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.”
  2. (not-comparable)To a higher figure or amount.
    “Prices are moving steadily upwards.”
  3. (not-comparable)Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
  4. (not-comparable)Backwards in time, into the past.
  5. (not-comparable)To or into later life.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”).

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