upwards
advUK /ˈʌpwədz/ · US /ˈʌpwɚdz/
Etymology From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”).
1
Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
- look upwards
- push upwards
3 more examples
- soar upwards
- The balloon drifted upwards into the sky.
- The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.1958 April 23, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275:
2
To a higher figure or amount.
- Prices are moving steadily upwards.
3
Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
4
Backwards in time, into the past.
5
To or into later life.
- Derived terms
- bottom-upwards, fail upwards, onwards and upwards, punch upwards, upward of, upwards of