Vocabulary     

What does UPWARD mean?

Definitions for UPWARD
ˈʌp wərdup·ward

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word UPWARD.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. upwardadjective

    directed up

    "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"

  2. up(a), upward(a)adverb

    extending or moving toward a higher place

    "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

  3. up, upwards, upward, upwardlyadverb

    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"

  4. up, upwards, upwardadverb

    to a later time

    "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"

Wiktionary

  1. upwardnoun

    The upper part; the top.

    From the extremest upward of thy head. -Shak.

  2. upwardadverb

    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.

    Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. -Hooker.

  3. upwardadverb

    In the upper parts; above.

    Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish. -Milton.

  4. upwardadverb

    Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

    From twenty years old and upward. -Num. i. 3.

  5. upwardadverb

    Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.

  6. Etymology: From upweardes. See up, ward.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Upwardadjective

    Directed to a higher part.

    Etymology: up and weard , Saxon.

    Spread upon a lake, with upward eye,
    A plump of fowl behold their foe on high. Dryden.

    The angel said,
    With upward speed his agile wings he spread. Matthew Prior.

  2. Upward, Upwardsadverb

    Etymology: up and weard .

    I thought
    To smooth your passage, and to soften death:
    For I would have you, when you upward move,
    Speak kindly of me to our friends above. Dryden.

    In sheets of rain the sky descends,
    And ocean swell’d with waters upwards tends;
    One rising, falling one; the heav’ns and sea
    Meet at their confines, in the middle way. Dryden.

    A man on a cliff, is at liberty to leap twenty yards downwards into the sea, not because he has power to do the contrary action, which is to leap twenty yards upwards, for that he cannot do; but he is therefore free, because he has a power to leap, or not to leap. John Locke.

    Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail. Richard Hooker, b. v.

    Dagon, sea-monster! upward man,
    And downward fish. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. i.

    Their counsel must seem very unseasonable, who advise men now to suspect that, wherewith the world hath had, by their own account, twelve hundred years acquaintance and upwards, enough to take away suspicion. Richard Hooker, b. v.

    I have been your wife in this obedience
    Upward of twenty years; and have been blest
    With many children by you. William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.

    Be ’s works your study;
    Thence form your judgment, thence your notions bring,
    And trace the muses upward to their spring. Alexander Pope.

  3. Upwardnoun

    The top. Out of use.

    From th’ extreamest upward of thy head,
    To the descent and dust below thy foot,
    A most toad-spotted traitor. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

ChatGPT

  1. upward

    Upward refers to a direction, movement, or position that leads toward a higher place, position, or level. It often signifies progress, improvement, or advancement. This term can also figuratively mean a positive development or trend in various contexts such as business, education, social status, among others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Upwardadverb

    alt. of Upwards

  2. Upwardadjective

    directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course

  3. Upwardnoun

    the upper part; the top

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Upward

    up′ward, adj. directed up or to a higher place.—advs. Up′ward, Up′wardly, Up′wards, toward a higher direction; Up′ways, upward.—Upward of, more than, about.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. UPWARD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Upward is ranked #160975 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Upward surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Upward.

    89% or 89 total occurrences were White.

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

Anagrams for UPWARD »

  1. draw up

  2. updraw

How to pronounce UPWARD?

How to say UPWARD in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of UPWARD in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of UPWARD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of UPWARD in a Sentence

  1. Ruth Westheimer:

    Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upward, forward, toward the sun.

  2. Chris Wheeler:

    U.S. banks have mainly done what's needed to be done and are on an upward curve then you have the 'Road to Damascus banks'. They've finally realized that the market won't bail them out and they have to make some fundamental changes - Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Barclays. It's going to be a year of major change that, in most cases, won't be completed for a number of years.

  3. Endicott Peabody:

    Remember Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend.

  4. Susan Rice:

    It's going to take a little bit longer to arrest its upward climb before we bend it and we trend it down, but we're very aggressive about this, and I think we can make a substantial difference in months or a few years' time as opposed to having this be with us for the next generation.

  5. James Dalgleish:

    The upward trend that was put in place last week has continued to gain steam, i don't necessarily think there's a specific catalyst for it today. Risk appetite has clearly increased.

more sentences »

Popularity rank by frequency of use

UPWARD#10000#13129#100000

References

Translations for UPWARD

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • hacia arribaSpanish
  • vers le hautFrench
  • ऊपर की ओरHindi
  • superiora locaLatin
  • whakarungaMāori
  • omhoogDutch
  • наверх, свыше, вверху, подниматься, кверху, выше, восходящий, ввысь, вверх, наверхуRussian
  • uppåtSwedish

Get even more translations for UPWARD »

Translation

Find a translation for the UPWARD definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:

Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"UPWARD." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 Nov. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/UPWARD>.

Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

Discuss these UPWARD definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for UPWARD? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
    A ravening
    B ultimo
    C defiant
    D occlusive

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for UPWARD: