Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.

    We ran upward.

    aufwärts

    вверхvverx, кве́рхуkvérxu, ввысьvvysʹ

    spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

  2. (not comparable)In the upper parts; above.

    наверху́naverxú, вверху́vverxú

  3. (not comparable)Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

    вы́шеvýše, свы́шеsvýše

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Prices are on the upward trend.

    ruИдёт тенденция на повышение цен. — fjay69

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  2. The smoke went upward through the chimney.

  3. He was looking upward to the sky.

    ruОн глядел на небо. — Hellerick

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  4. The tunnel is starting to turn upward.

  5. The party tickets go for ten dollars and upward.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
toward an upper level:
in the upper parts; above:
yet more; above; over:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
toward an upper level:

Origin

From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.

From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.

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