UPWARD
\ˈʌpwəd], \ˈʌpwəd], \ˈʌ_p_w_ə_d]\
Definitions of UPWARD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
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directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"
By Princeton University
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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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extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
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directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Alt. of Upwards
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Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
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The upper part; the top.
By Oddity Software
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Alt. of Upwards
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Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
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The upper part; the top.
By Noah Webster.
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In an ascending direction; from lower to higher; towards a higher rank or position; toward the beginning; indefinitely more: upwards of, more than.
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Directed from lower to higher; as, an upward slope. Also, upwards.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Turned or directed toward a higher place.
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Toward a higher place or price.
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In excess; more.
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Toward that which is better or nobler.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Directed to a higher place.
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Toward a higher place; toward heaven and God; with respect to the higher part; more than; toward the source.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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