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[ adverb ] spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

Synonyms

up upward upwardly

Examples

"look up!" "the music surged up" "the fragments flew upwards" "prices soared upwards" "upwardly mobile"

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Arch the back upwards to make a bridge .

By lifting the seat upwards a_little , the weight is taken_off the neck and the back is kept rounded .

Related terms

down down down down

2
[ adverb ] to a later time

Synonyms

upward up

Examples

"they moved the meeting date up" "from childhood upward"

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