English
Etymology
From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌpwədz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌpwɚdz/
Adverb
upwards (not comparable)
- Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
- To a higher figure or amount.
- Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
- Backwards in time, into the past.
- To or into later life.
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Translations
to a higher position
- Azerbaijani: yuxarı (az)
- Belarusian: (direction) наве́рх (navjérx), уве́рх (uvjérx), ўверх (ŭvjerx); (location) наве́рсе (navjérsje), уве́рсе (uvjérsje), ўве́рсе (ŭvjérsje)
- Dutch: opwaarts (nl)
- Estonian: üles (et)
- Faroese: niðaneftir, uppeftir
- Finnish: ylös (fi), ylemmäs, ylemmäksi, ylöspäin (fi)
- French: en haut (fr)
- Georgian: მაღლა (maɣla), ზემოთ (zemot), ზევით (zevit)
- German: aufwärts (de), nach oben, hoch (de)
- Alemannic German: obsi
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἄνω (ánō)
- Irish: aníos, suas
- Latin: sūrsum
- Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری (yukarı)
- Polish: w górę (pl), wzwyż (pl)
- Portuguese: para cima
- Romanian: în sus, la deal
- Romansch: si (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan), sen, se (Sutsilvan, Surmiran), sü (Puter, Vallader)
- Russian: вверх (ru) (vverx), ввысь (ru) (vvysʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: a-nìos
- Slovene: gôr (sl), navzgor (sl)
- Spanish: hacia arriba, arriba (es)
- Swedish: uppför (sv), uppåt (sv)
- Ukrainian: вверх (uk) (vverx)
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