upwards

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.

   look upwards

2. 2
   adv

   To a higher figure or amount.

   Prices are moving steadily upwards.

3. 3
   adv

   spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

4. 4
   adv

   to a later time

5. 5
   adv

   Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.

6. 6
   adv

   Backwards in time, into the past.

7. 7
   adv

   To or into later life.

Etymology

From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”).