Associations to the word «Upwards»
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Wiktionary
UPWARDS, adverb. Towards a higher place; towards what is above.
UPWARDS, adverb. To a higher figure or amount.
UPWARDS, adverb. Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
UPWARDS, adverb. Backwards in time, into the past.
UPWARDS, adverb. To or into later life.
UPWARDS OF, adjective. More than; in excess of
Dictionary definition
UPWARDS, adverb. 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".
UPWARDS, adverb. To a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward".
Wise words
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