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upward

adv
/ˈʌpwɚd/US/ˈʌpwəd/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from upweardes

Definitions

  1. In a direction from lower to higher

    In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.

    • We ran upward.
    • Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
    • If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.

  2. In the upper parts

    In the upper parts; above.

    • Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, / And downward fish.

  3. Yet more

    Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

    • From twenty years old and upward.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The upper part

      The upper part; the top.

      • From the extremest upward of thy head.

    2. Directed toward a higher place.

      • with upward eye; with upward course

    3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

fail upward, onward and upward, punch upward, upward compatible, upward-facing dog, upward lightning, upward mobility, upward of, upwards of, upward spiral

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at upward. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at upward. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at upward

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA