Definitions for upwards

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. up, upwards, upward, upwardly(adverb)

    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"

  2. up, upwards, upward(adverb)

    to a later time

    "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. upwards(adverb)ˈʌpwɚdz

    ≠ downward

    The kite flew upward.; Put the card down with the number facing upwards.

  2. upwardsˈʌpwɚdz

    toward a higher amount or level

    as the stock market went steadily upward

Wiktionary

  1. upwards(Adverb)

    Towards a higher place; towards what is above.

  2. upwards(Adverb)

    To a higher figure or amount.

  3. upwards(Adverb)

    Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.

  4. upwards(Adverb)

    Backwards in time, into the past.

  5. upwards(Adverb)

    To or into later life.

  6. Origin: From upweardes, uppweardes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Upwards(adverb)

    in a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward

  2. Upwards(adverb)

    in the upper parts; above

  3. Upwards(adverb)

    yet more; indefinitely more; above; over


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