upward

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective directed up
  2. adjective extending or moving toward a higher place
  3. adverb spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

Etymology

From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.

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