Upward
adverb
Towards a higher position or level.
She looked upwards towards the sky.
Often appears as...
- look upwards
- move upwards
adjective
Moving or pointing towards a higher position.
The upward trend of the stock market is a good sign for us.
Often appears as...
- upward trend
- upward climb
adverb
From a lower to a higher position.
She moved her eyes upward.
Often appears as...
- gaze upward
- walk upward
adjective
Increasing or getting more.
There has been an upward revision in the economic growth forecast.
Often appears as...
- upward revision
- upward adjustment
Usage tips
Economic
adverb
Towards a higher position or level.
She looked upwards towards the sky.
Often appears as...
- look upwards
- move upwards
adjective
Moving or pointing towards a higher position.
The upward trend of the stock market is a good sign for us.
Often appears as...
- upward trend
- upward climb
adverb
From a lower to a higher position.
She moved her eyes upward.
Often appears as...
- gaze upward
- walk upward
adjective
Increasing or getting more.
There has been an upward revision in the economic growth forecast.
Often appears as...
- upward revision
- upward adjustment
Usage tips
Economic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'upward' when describing someone or something physically moving higher.
He stretched his arms upward to reach the top shelf.
Pro Tip 2/2Directional Focus
'Upward' can express a focus or attention directed above where you are.
Her gaze moved upward, following the balloon in the sky.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'upward' when describing someone or something physically moving higher.
He stretched his arms upward to reach the top shelf.
Pro Tip 2/2Directional Focus
'Upward' can express a focus or attention directed above where you are.
Her gaze moved upward, following the balloon in the sky.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Use 'upward' when describing someone or something physically moving higher.
He stretched his arms upward to reach the top shelf.
Pro Tip 2/2Directional Focus
'Upward' can express a focus or attention directed above where you are.
Her gaze moved upward, following the balloon in the sky.
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Video examples
How I climbed a...
There were no cracks or edges to hold on to, just small ripples of texture up a slightly less than vertical wall. I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes and the smooth granite. I carefully balanced my way upward, shifting my weight back and forth between the small smears. But then I reached a foothold that I didn't quite trust.
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What can Schrödinger's...
Sure, that's easy. The ball will move upward until it gets to some highest point, then it will come back down and land in your hand again. Of course, that's what happens, and you know this because you have witnessed events like this countless times. You've been observing the physics of everyday phenomena your entire life.
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What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
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The five major world...
If we followed our dharma and did our proper duty in our past life, we get good karma, which sends our soul upward in the social scale. Our rebirth into the next life is thus determined by what we do in this one. The wheel of rebirths is called samsara. It's possible for a very holy person
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Rethinking Brazil’s...
majority of the population fifty-three percent or so the population that they're more upwardly mobile than any of the other population groups and that they're profoundly digital write my thesis being more digital in fact that the footmen the folks in that luxury
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How did clouds get their...
as everything else on Earth. Clouds, for example, do not float, but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground, but most are in a state of slow, balletic descent.
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Rare Video: Japan...
through the ocean displacing enormous quantities of water with the upward motion a series of waves expands in all directions in deep water these waves travel fast up to five hundred miles an hour but only reach a height of a few
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Symbiosis: A surprising...
and whitebarks' branches all sweep upwards with the cones at the very ends, so they can offer them to the nutcrackers as they fly by. That's a Two species cooperating to help each other for the benefit of all.
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The Blue Planet...
the deep ocean currents far below the surface they collide with the islands flanks and are deflected upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients
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Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients such upwellings attract great concentrations of life
Video examples
How I climbed a...
There were no cracks or edges to hold on to, just small ripples of texture up a slightly less than vertical wall. I had to trust my life to the friction between my climbing shoes and the smooth granite. I carefully balanced my way upward, shifting my weight back and forth between the small smears. But then I reached a foothold that I didn't quite trust.
Video examples
What can Schrödinger's...
Sure, that's easy. The ball will move upward until it gets to some highest point, then it will come back down and land in your hand again. Of course, that's what happens, and you know this because you have witnessed events like this countless times. You've been observing the physics of everyday phenomena your entire life.
Video examples
What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
Video examples
The five major world...
If we followed our dharma and did our proper duty in our past life, we get good karma, which sends our soul upward in the social scale. Our rebirth into the next life is thus determined by what we do in this one. The wheel of rebirths is called samsara. It's possible for a very holy person
Video examples
Rethinking Brazil’s...
majority of the population fifty-three percent or so the population that they're more upwardly mobile than any of the other population groups and that they're profoundly digital write my thesis being more digital in fact that the footmen the folks in that luxury
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
as everything else on Earth. Clouds, for example, do not float, but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground, but most are in a state of slow, balletic descent.
Video examples
Rare Video: Japan...
through the ocean displacing enormous quantities of water with the upward motion a series of waves expands in all directions in deep water these waves travel fast up to five hundred miles an hour but only reach a height of a few
Video examples
Symbiosis: A surprising...
and whitebarks' branches all sweep upwards with the cones at the very ends, so they can offer them to the nutcrackers as they fly by. That's a Two species cooperating to help each other for the benefit of all.
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
the deep ocean currents far below the surface they collide with the islands flanks and are deflected upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients
Video examples
Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
upwards bringing with them from the depths a rich soup of nutrients such upwellings attract great concentrations of life
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Quote examples
Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
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Edmund Hillary
New Zealander Explorer
If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go.
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Steven Burd
American Businessman
I'm no health care expert, but you've got technology that constantly advances the ability to extend life and maybe improve lifestyle. That puts constant upward pressure on health care costs.
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P. J. Tucker
American Basketball Player
I don't know anybody that buys more shoes on eBay than me. I like eBay because I can always find rare gems in my size. I always have upwards of 40 sneakers in my cart at any given time.
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John Mackey
American Businessman
Operating under the conscious capitalism model will show that businesses are the true value creators that can push all of humanity upward for continuous improvement.
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Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!
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Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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Drew Houston
American Businessman
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
Quote examples
Edmund Hillary
New Zealander Explorer
If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go.
Quote examples
Steven Burd
American Businessman
I'm no health care expert, but you've got technology that constantly advances the ability to extend life and maybe improve lifestyle. That puts constant upward pressure on health care costs.
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P. J. Tucker
American Basketball Player
I don't know anybody that buys more shoes on eBay than me. I like eBay because I can always find rare gems in my size. I always have upwards of 40 sneakers in my cart at any given time.
Quote examples
John Mackey
American Businessman
Operating under the conscious capitalism model will show that businesses are the true value creators that can push all of humanity upward for continuous improvement.
Quote examples
Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!
Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
Quote examples
Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
Quote examples
Drew Houston
American Businessman
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
Quote examples
Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
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