Upward

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  • adverb. In, to, or toward a higher place, level, or position.
  • adverb. Toward a higher position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale.
  • adverb. Toward the head or upper parts.
  • adverb. Toward a higher amount, degree, or rank.
  • adverb. Toward a later time or age.
  • adjective. Directed toward a higher place or position.
  • idiom. (upward/upwards) More than; in excess of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Toward a higher place; in an ascending course: opposed to downward.
  • Toward heaven and God.
  • With respect to the higher part; in the upper parts.
  • Toward the source or origin: as, trace the stream upward.
  • More: used indefinitely.
  • On; onward.
  • Directed or turned to a higher place; having an ascending direction, literally or figuratively.
  • noun. The top; the height.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The upper part; the top.
  • adjective. Directed toward a higher place.
  • adverb. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward.
  • adverb. In the upper parts; above.
  • adverb. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
  • adverb. more than; above.
  • adverb. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • adverb. In the upper parts; above.
  • adverb. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
  • adverb. Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.
  • noun. The upper part; the top.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. to a later time
  • adjective. directed up
  • adverb. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  • adjective. extending or moving toward a higher place
  • Word Usage
    "Toss or throw the ball straight upward as high as possible; catch it in one hand (right, then left), with palm _upward_."
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