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upwards

up·wards

UK/ˈʌpwədz/ US/ˈʌpwɚdz/ fairly common

adverb

1.

spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

  • “look up!”
  • “the music surged up”
  • “the fragments flew upwards”
  • “prices soared upwards”
  • “upwardly mobile”
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2.

to a later time

  • “they moved the meeting date up”
  • “from childhood upward”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • fail upwards
  • onwards and upwards
  • punch upwards
  • upward of
  • upwards of

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