upwards

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpwɚdz/

Adverb

upwards (not comparable)

1. Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
2. To a higher figure or amount.
3. Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
4. Backwards in time, into the past.
5. To or into later life.

Synonyms

• upward, up

Antonyms

• downward, down

Derived terms

• bottom-upwards
• fail upwards
• onwards and upwards
• punch upwards
• upward of
• upwards of

 

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)

to a higher amount

• Finnish: ylöspäin (fi), ylös (fi), korkeammaksi
• Portuguese: para cima
• Russian: вы́ше (ru) (výše)

to something superior

• Dutch: hoger (nl)
• Finnish: ylöspäin (fi)

to the past

• Finnish: taemmas, taemmaksi

to later life

• Finnish: myöhemmäs, myöhemmäksi

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} supren (eo)

Anagrams

• draw-ups, draws up, updraws