"upwards" meaning in English

See upwards in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈʌpwədz/ [UK], /ˈʌpwɚdz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upwards.wav
Etymology: From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upwardes}} Middle English upwardes, {{inh|en|ang|upweardes}} Old English upweardes, {{suffix|en|up|wards}} up + -wards, {{cog|nl|opwaarts|t=upwards}} Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), {{cog|de|aufwärts|t=upwards}} German aufwärts (“upwards”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} upwards (not comparable)
  1. Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. To a higher figure or amount. Tags: not-comparable Translations (to a higher amount): ylöspäin (Finnish), ylös (Finnish), korkeammaksi (Finnish), para cima (Portuguese), вы́ше (výše) (Russian) Translations (to a higher position): ἄνω (ánō) (Ancient Greek), yuxarı (Azerbaijani), наве́рх (navjérx) (english: direction) (Belarusian), уве́рх (uvjérx) (Belarusian), ўверх (ŭvjerx) (Belarusian), наве́рсе (navjérsje) [location] (Belarusian), уве́рсе (uvjérsje) (Belarusian), ўве́рсе (ŭvjérsje) (Belarusian), opwaarts (Dutch), üles (Estonian), niðaneftir (Faroese), uppeftir (Faroese), ylös (Finnish), ylemmäs (Finnish), ylemmäksi (Finnish), ylöspäin (Finnish), en haut (French), მაღლა (maɣla) (Georgian), ზემოთ (zemot) (Georgian), ზევით (zevit) (Georgian), aufwärts (German), nach oben (German), hoch (German), obsi [Alemannic-German] (German), 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup) (Gothic), aníos (Irish), suas (Irish), sūrsum (Latin), یوقاری (yukarı) (Ottoman Turkish), w górę (Polish), wzwyż (Polish), para cima (Portuguese), în sus (Romanian), la deal (Romanian), si [Rumantsch-Grischun, Sursilvan] (Romansch), sen (Romansch), se [Surmiran, Sutsilvan] (Romansch), [Puter, Vallander] (Romansch), вверх (vverx) (Russian), ввысь (vvysʹ) (Russian), a-nìos (Scottish Gaelic), gôr (Slovene), navzgor (Slovene), hacia arriba (Spanish), arriba (Spanish), uppför (Swedish), uppåt (Swedish), вверх (vverx) (Ukrainian)
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  3. Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc. Tags: not-comparable Translations (to something superior): hoger (Dutch), ylöspäin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-upwards-en-adv-ceUrb8d7 Categories (other): English locatives, English terms suffixed with -wards, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English locatives: 46 9 40 5 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wards: 42 12 40 6 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 12 28 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 41 6 33 18 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 44 8 38 8 2 Disambiguation of 'to something superior': 27 31 42 0 0
  4. Backwards in time, into the past. Tags: not-comparable Translations (to the past): taemmas (Finnish), taemmaksi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-upwards-en-adv-tBqDyTqE Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Gothic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 12 28 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 41 6 33 18 1 Disambiguation of 'to the past': 0 1 0 98 0
  5. To or into later life. Tags: not-comparable Translations (to later life): myöhemmäs (Finnish), myöhemmäksi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-upwards-en-adv-SbskAdJ~ Disambiguation of 'to later life': 3 2 6 7 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: upward, up Derived forms: bottom-upwards, fail upwards, onwards and upwards, punch upwards, upward of, upwards of
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          "word": "მაღლა"
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          "word": "ზემოთ"
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          "_dis1": "17 59 20 3 1",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 59 20 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "hoger"
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          "sense": "to the past",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 0 98 0",
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        "To or into later life."
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          "word": "myöhemmäs"
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        {
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        }
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    "Terms with Alemannic German translations",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gothic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Romansch translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "bottom-upwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "fail upwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "onwards and upwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "punch upwards"
    },
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    {
      "word": "upwards of"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To a higher figure or amount."
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        "not-comparable"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc."
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      "glosses": [
        "Backwards in time, into the past."
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          "backwards"
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        "not-comparable"
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        "not-comparable"
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      "word": "up"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "yuxarı"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "direction",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "наве́рх"
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    {
      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "ўверх"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "navjérsje",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "topics": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "opwaarts"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "üles"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "niðaneftir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "uppeftir"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "ylös"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "ylöspäin"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "მაღლა"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "ზემოთ"
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      "roman": "zevit",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "ზევით"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "aufwärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "nach oben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "hoch"
    },
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      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "iup",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "𐌹𐌿𐍀"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "ἄνω"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "aníos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "suas"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "sūrsum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yukarı",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "یوقاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "w górę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "wzwyż"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "para cima"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "în sus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "la deal"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "tags": [
        "Rumantsch-Grischun",
        "Sursilvan"
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      "word": "si"
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    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "sen"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "tags": [
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        "Sutsilvan"
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      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "tags": [
        "Puter",
        "Vallander"
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      "word": "sü"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vverx",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "вверх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vvysʹ",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "ввысь"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "a-nìos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "gôr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "navzgor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "hacia arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "arriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "uppför"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "uppåt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vverx",
      "sense": "to a higher position",
      "word": "вверх"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to a higher amount",
      "word": "ylöspäin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to a higher amount",
      "word": "ylös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to a higher amount",
      "word": "korkeammaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to a higher amount",
      "word": "para cima"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výše",
      "sense": "to a higher amount",
      "word": "вы́ше"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to something superior",
      "word": "hoger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to something superior",
      "word": "ylöspäin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to the past",
      "word": "taemmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to the past",
      "word": "taemmaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to later life",
      "word": "myöhemmäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to later life",
      "word": "myöhemmäksi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "upwards"
}

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