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upward
adjective
adverb
Directed up
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ˈʌpwɜː(ɹ)d
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adjective
Directed up
“The cards were face upward”
adjective
Extending or moving toward a higher place
“The up staircase”
adverb
Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
“Look up!”
adverb
To a later time
“They moved the meeting date up”
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The cards were face upward
An upward stroke of the pen
The up staircase
A general upward movement of fish
Look up!
The music surged up
The fragments flew upwards
Prices soared upwards
Upwardly mobile
They moved the meeting date up
From childhood upward
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