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up·ward
(ŭp′wərd)adv. or up·wards (-wərdz)
1. In, to, or toward a higher place, level, or position: flying upward.
2. Toward a higher position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: a young executive moving upward fast.
3. Toward the head or upper parts: bare from the waist upward.
4. Toward a higher amount, degree, or rank: Prices soared upward.
5. Toward a later time or age: from adolescence upward.
adj.
Idiom: Directed toward a higher place or position: upward movement.
upward/upwards of
More than; in excess of: "the onslaught of upwards of seventy divisions" (Winston S. Churchill).
up′ward·ly adv.
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upwards
(ˈʌpwədz) orupward
adv
1. from a lower to a higher place, level, condition, etc
2. towards a higher level, standing, etc
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upwards
– upward1. 'upwards'
In British English, if you move or look upwards, you move or look towards a place that is higher than the place where you are.
She stretched upwards to the curtain pole.
He had happened to look upwards.
Upwards is always an adverb.
2. 'upward'
Speakers of American English usually say upward instead of 'upwards'.
I began to climb upward over the steepest ground.
In both British and American English, upward is an adjective. An upward movement or look is one in which someone or something moves or looks upwards.
...a quick upward flick of the arm.
He would steal upward glances at the clock.
When upward is an adjective, you can only use it in front of a noun.
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| Adv. | 1. |  upwards - 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"down, downward, downwardly, downwards - spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" |
| 2. |  upwards - to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" |
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upwards
adverb
1. up, skywards, heavenwards Hunter nodded again and gazed upwards in fear.
2. (with of) above, over, more than, beyond, exceeding, greater than, in excess of projects worth upwards of 200 million pounds
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Translations
nahoru
opad
supren
ylöspäin
prema gore
上へ向かって
위쪽으로
uppåt
ขึ้นไปทางเหนือ
về phía trên
upwards
[ˈʌpwərdz] adv (mainly British) to lie face upwards (= on one's back) → s'allonger sur le dos
to be lying face upwards → être allongé(e) sur le dos
to be lying face upwards → être allongé(e) sur le dos
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
upwards
adv (esp Brit)
move → aufwärts, nach oben; to look upwards → hochsehen, nach oben sehen; face upwards → mit dem Gesicht nach oben; from the waist upwards → von der Hüfte aufwärts; onwards and upwards → vorwärts und aufwärts
(with numbers) prices from £4 upwards → Preise von £ 4 an, Preise ab £ 4; to be revised upwards (figures) → nach oben korrigiert werden; from childhood upwards → von Kind auf or an, von Kindheit an; and upwards → und darüber; upwards of 3000 → über 3000
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
upwards
→ صَاعِداً nahoru opad aufwärts προς τα πάνω hacia arriba ylöspäin vers le haut prema gore verso l’alto 上へ向かって 위쪽으로 naar boven oppover w górę para cima вверх uppåt ขึ้นไปทางเหนือ yukarıya doğru về phía trên 向上Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009