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upwards

adv
/ˈʌpwədz/UK/ˈʌpwɚdz/US

Etymology

From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”).

  1. inherited from upweardes
  2. inherited from upwardes

Definitions

  1. Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.

    • look upwards
    • push upwards
    • soar upwards

  2. To a higher figure or amount.

    • Prices are moving steadily upwards.

  3. Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Backwards in time, into the past.

    2. To or into later life.

The neighborhood

Derived

bottom-upwards, fail upwards, onwards and upwards, punch upwards, upward of, upwards of

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at upwards. 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 upwards. 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 upwards

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