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upward
('/@/pw/@/rd )

adjective (a)

  • Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • The upper part; the top.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position(adv.all)
    Example:
    The fragments flew upwards.
    Prices soared upwards.
    Upwardly mobile.
    Synonym:
    up, upwardly, upwards
    Antonym:
    down, downward, downwardly, downwards
    source: wordnet30
  • to a later time(adv.all)
    Example:
    From childhood upward.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • directed up(adj.all)
    Example:
    The cards were face upward.
    An upward stroke of the pen.
    source: wordnet30
  • extending or moving toward a higher place(adj.all)
    Example:
    A general upward movement of fish.
    Synonym:
    up
    source: wordnet30
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