"upward" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈʌpwɚd/ [General-American], /ˈʌpwəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-upward.ogg Forms: more upward [comparative], most upward [superlative]
Etymology: From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|upweardes}} Old English upweardes, {{suffix|en|up|ward}} up + -ward Head templates: {{en-adj}} upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)
  1. Directed toward a higher place. Synonyms (toward a higher place): cloudward Translations (moving up, directed toward a higher place): насочен нагоре (nasočen nagore) (Bulgarian), ylös suuntaava (Finnish), whakarunga (Maori), ki runga (Maori), поднима́ющийся (podnimájuščijsja) (Russian), восходя́щий (vosxodjáščij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-upward-en-adj-AD2lCpU8

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈʌpwɚd/ [General-American], /ˈʌpwəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-upward.ogg
Etymology: From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|upweardes}} Old English upweardes, {{suffix|en|up|ward}} up + -ward Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} upward (not comparable)
  1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin. Tags: not-comparable Translations (toward an upper level): нагоре (nagore) (Bulgarian), war-vann (Cornish), yn-bann (Cornish), üles (Estonian), ylös (Finnish), ylemmäs (Finnish), aufwärts (German), מַעְלָה (má'la) (Hebrew), sūrsum (Latin), ki runga (Maori), whakarunga (Maori), nopp (Plautdietsch), вверх (vverx) (Russian), кве́рху (kvérxu) (Russian), ввысь (vvysʹ) (Russian), наве́рх (navérx) (Russian), kauc (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-upward-en-adv-zKXoX4qn Disambiguation of 'toward an upper level': 67 30 4
  2. In the upper parts; above. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in the upper parts; above): ylhäällä (Finnish), ylempänä (Finnish), наверху́ (naverxú) (Russian), вверху́ (vverxú) (Russian)
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  3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over. Tags: not-comparable Translations (yet more; above; over): ylöspäin (Finnish), вы́ше (výše) (Russian), свы́ше (svýše) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-upward-en-adv-Bqnl1n4D Disambiguation of 'yet more; above; over': 2 30 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cloudwards, up, upwards Derived forms: fail upward, punch upward, upward of, upwards of, onward and upward, upward compatible, upward lightning, upward mobility, upward-facing dog, upward spiral

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʌpwɚd/ [General-American], /ˈʌpwəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-upward.ogg
Etymology: From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|upweardes}} Old English upweardes, {{suffix|en|up|ward}} up + -ward Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} upward (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) The upper part; the top. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-upward-en-noun-nUntobu8
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          "text": "Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.",
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      "word": "fail upward"
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    {
      "word": "punch upward"
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      "word": "upwards of"
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      "word": "onward and upward"
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      "word": "upward lightning"
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          "ref": "1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
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          "ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
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          "text": "Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.",
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      "word": "cloudwards"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "nagore",
      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "нагоре"
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "üles"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "ylemmäs"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "aufwärts"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "má'la",
      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "מַעְלָה"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "ki runga"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "nopp"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vverx",
      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "вверх"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "kvérxu",
      "sense": "toward an upper level",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "наве́рх"
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      "code": "txb",
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      "sense": "toward an upper level",
      "word": "kauc"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "in the upper parts; above",
      "word": "ylhäällä"
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      "sense": "in the upper parts; above",
      "word": "ylempänä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "yet more; above; over",
      "word": "ylöspäin"
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      "roman": "výše",
      "sense": "yet more; above; over",
      "word": "вы́ше"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "toward a higher place",
      "word": "cloudward"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasočen nagore",
      "sense": "moving up, directed toward a higher place",
      "word": "насочен нагоре"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "moving up, directed toward a higher place",
      "word": "ylös suuntaava"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "moving up, directed toward a higher place",
      "word": "whakarunga"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "moving up, directed toward a higher place",
      "word": "ki runga"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podnimájuščijsja",
      "sense": "moving up, directed toward a higher place",
      "word": "поднима́ющийся"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosxodjáščij",
      "sense": "moving up, directed toward a higher place",
      "word": "восходя́щий"
    }
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}

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