Definition of Upwards

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to a higher level; more than, higher than
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sursum
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(adv.)
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
  
(adv.)
In the upper parts; above.
  
(adv.)
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.
  
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upwards
adv
1. 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" [syn: up, upward, upwardly]
[ant: down, down, down, down]

2. to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" [syn: up, upward]




  similar words(2) 



 upwards of 
 soar upwards 
Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
i n-áirde
upwards of: ós cionn (g.)
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Ar = n. the faculty of speech, n. surface, ploughed land, prep. on, upon.
Ar i fyny, upwards, ar i waered, downwards, pref. gives intensity to the signification of words; as arch in English.
Bry = a. high, ad. upwards, above
Gwrn = n. a cone; an urn; a vessel tapering upwards
WordNet 2.0

Adverb
1. 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"
(synonym) up, upward, upwardly
(antonym) down, downwards, downward, downwardly
2. to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"
(synonym) up, upward
Upwards Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Up or UP may refer to:
  • A relative direction, the opposite of "down"

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