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English

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upward (notcomparable)

In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
We ranupward.
- [1594],Richard Hooker, edited byJ[ohn] S[penser],Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […],→OCLC,(please specify the page):
  Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; lookingupward, we speak and prevail.
- 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
  If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground slopedupward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
In the upper parts; above.
- 1667,John Milton, “Book I”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
  Dagon his name, sea monster,upward man, / And downward fish.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Numbers 1:3:
  From twenty years old andupward.

Synonyms

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cloudwards,up,upwards

Antonyms

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down,downwards

Derived terms

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Translations

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toward an upper level

Bulgarian:нагоре (bg)(nagore)
Cornish:war-vann,yn-bann
Estonian:üles (et)
Finnish:ylös (fi),ylemmäs
German:aufwärts (de)
Hebrew:מַעְלָה (he)(má'la)
Latin:sūrsum
Māori:ki runga,whakarunga
Plautdietsch:nopp
Russian:вверх (ru)(vverx),кве́рху (ru)(kvérxu),ввысь (ru)(vvysʹ),наве́рх (ru)(navérx)
Tocharian B:kauc

in the upper parts; above

Bulgarian:нагоре (bg)(nagore)
Finnish:ylhäällä (fi),ylempänä
Russian:наверху́ (ru)(naverxú),вверху́ (ru)(vverxú)

yet more; above; over

Bulgarian:отгоре (bg)(otgore)
Finnish:ylöspäin (fi)
Russian:вы́ше (ru)(výše),свы́ше (ru)(svýše)

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Noun

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upward (uncountable)

(obsolete) The upper part; the top.
- c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene iii]:
  From the extremestupward of thy head.

Adjective

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upward (comparativemoreupward,superlativemostupward)

Directed toward a higher place.
withupward eye; withupward course
- 2024 March,Angus Deaton, “Rethinking My Economics”, inF&D Magazine‎^[1]:
  […] economists should focus on efficiency and leave equity to others, to politicians or administrators. But the others regularly fail to materialize, so that when efficiency comes withupward redistribution—frequently though not inevitably—our recommendations become little more than a license for plunder.