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(ʌpwəʳd)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
An upward movement or look is directed towards a higher place or a higher level.
She started once again on the steep upward climb.
She gave him a quick, upward look, then lowered her eyes.
Synonyms: uphill, rising, ascending, climbing More Synonyms of upward
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you refer to an upward trend or an upward spiral, you mean that something is increasing in quantity or price.
...the Army's concern that the upward trend in the numbers avoiding military servicemay continue.
Oil prices continued an upward swing this morning.
...if prices continue their inexorably upward spiral.
More Synonyms of upward

upward in British English

(ˈʌpwəd)
adjective
1. 
directed or moving towards a higher point or level
adverb
2.  a variant of upwards
Derived forms
upwardly (ˈupwardly)
adverb
upwardness (ˈupwardness)
noun

upward in American English

(ˈʌpwərd)
adverb, adjective
1. 
toward a higher place, position, degree, amount, etc.
2. 
on into future years or later life
3. 
beyond (an indicated price, amount, etc.)
tickets cost two dollars and upward
Also ˈupwards adverb
Idioms:
upwards of
Derived forms
upwardly (ˈupwardly)
adverb
Word origin
ME < OE upweard: see up1 & -ward

Examples of 'upward' in a sentence
upward

Two thirds expect the upward trend in rents to continue.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Your confidence will rise and you will have begun that upward spiral to success.
Mansfield, Patricia Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)
After the second goal it was an upward climb.
The Sun (2015)
There was more upward movement in the middle tier.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Little wonder that temperatures showed an upward trend.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They stroked their chin for the first and made an upward spiral motion for the second.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is a massive upward movement of people through these firms.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That upward spiral could be good news for areas that have lagged behind the elite postcodes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The reason for the upward movement turns out to be rather simple.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
It is an upward spiral for us.
The Sun (2013)
Mary could easily avoid looking upward.
George Eliot Middlemarch (1872)
Brush with a quick upward movement.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She looked upward, stretching her neck toward the light.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
After enjoying a long upward climb, they have had a rough ride in recent years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The first is that the turbocharged rise in employment we have seen over the past three years will be replaced by a gentler upward trend.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Still climbing that upward curve.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I'm here to train you to look upward for your strength.
Christianity Today (2000)
Trying valiantly to continue an upward trend towards 6,000, but constantly being hauled into another dip.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This line shows a clear upward trend, as the firm's business grows.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Reaching down he took the mare in a firm grip by the lower jaw, stretched her head upward until he looked into her great soft eyes.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
This muscle is the other half of PMS and is used in pulling the arm in and upward towards the opposite ear.
Andrews, Elizabeth Muscle Management (1991)
On all sides, trunks soared upward towards a distant canopy of spreading foliage, splintered here and there by sunlight.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
upward

British English: upward ADJECTIVE
An upward movement or look is directed towards a higher place or a higher level.
She started once again on the steep upward climb.
  • American English: upward
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ascendente
  • Chinese: 向上的
  • European Spanish: hacia arriba
  • French: ascendant
  • German: Aufwärts-
  • Italian: verso l'alto
  • Japanese: 上方への
  • Korean: 올라가는
  • European Portuguese: ascendente
  • Latin American Spanish: hacia arriba

All related terms of 'upward'

upward curve
You can refer to a change in something as a particular curve , especially when it is represented on a graph .
upward spiral
If an amount or level spirals , it rises quickly and at an increasing rate .
upward trend
A trend is a change or development towards something new or different.
upward mobility
the movement of an individual, social group, or class to a position of increased status or power
upward momentum
If a process or movement gains momentum , it keeps developing or happening more quickly and keeps becoming less likely to stop.
upward trajectory
The trajectory of something such as a person's career is the course that it follows over time.
upwards of
more than
upward social mobility
the movement of an individual, social group, or class to a position of increased status or power

Chinese translation of 'upward'

upward

(ˈʌpwəd)

adj

  1. 向上的 (xiàngshàng de)

adv

  1. = upwards
upward of (= more than) 多于(於) ... (duōyú ... )
1 (adjective) 
Definition
directed or moving towards a higher place or level
She started once again on the steep upward climb.
Synonyms
uphill
a long, uphill journey
rising
ascending
climbing
2 (adjective) 
The sales figures show a clear upward trend.
Synonyms
rising
climbing
ascending
mounting

Synonyms of 'upward'

upward

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