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# upward

«upward» in Mova's school dictionary: **going up, towards a higher place** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (upward, upwards); adjective (upward)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Upward means going up, towards a higher place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#m1)

2) Upward also means getting bigger or higher in number, like prices or temperature going upward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#m2)

3) As an adjective, an upward move or slope is one that goes up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: movement up, such as a lift, a climber or a snail going up; it adds to the height; with «downward» it takes away. On graphs: an upward line means the amount grows. In science: hot air and smoke move upward; plants grow upward towards the light. Phrases: move upward, look upward, upward slope, upwards of (more than).

### examples

- The snail crawls 3 metres upward each day and slides 2 down at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x1)
- The lift moved upward 4 floors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x2)
- The balloon rose upward 50 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x3)
- The temperature went upward by 6 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x4)
- Smoke drifts upward from the chimney. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x5)
- She looked upward at the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x6)
- The line on the graph goes upward, so sales grew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x7)
- Plants grow upward towards the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x8)
- The path climbs upward to the top of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x9)
- Splash! splash! the water leaped upward into spray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/#x10)

### note

«Upward» and «upwards» are both adverbs; «upwards» is more common in the UK, «upward» in the USA. Before a noun use «upward»: an upward slope. «Upwards of 50» means more than 50. Points to adding (going higher); with «downward» it takes away. Trap: in the snail problem the net climb is 1 metre a day, but on the last day it reaches the top before sliding back.

### In the corpora

- [Hatchetfish have thin silver bodies, lights on their bellies, and eyes that point upwards to spot food falling from above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/10/)
- [Many deep fish have big eyes to catch faint light from glowing animals, and some have tube-shaped eyes that look upward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls/12/)
- [This upward push is called lift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/22-why-planes-fly/1/)
- [A wing is curved, so as the bird moves forward the air flowing past pushes it upward; this push is called lift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/73-birds-feathers-nests-flight/3/)
- [Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.191/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «upward» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upward/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.