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(satellite adjective) directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen" |
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(satellite adjective) extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish" |
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Synonyms: up |
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(adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" |
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Synonyms: up, upwardly, upwards |
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Antonyms: downward |
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(adverb) to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward" |
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Synonyms: up, upwards |
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