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How to pronounce upward in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms up, upwards


from childhood upward.
Type Words
Synonyms up, upwardly, upwards


the fragments flew upwards.
prices soared upwards.
upwardly mobile.
Type Words
Synonyms up


a general upward movement of fish.
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the cards were face upward.
an upward stroke of the pen.

Examples of upward

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Today marks start No. 4, and expectations, if anything, have only spiked upward.
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First, the anemic job figures for November were revised upward, dramatically so.
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Push your grasped fist upward and inward in a maneuver similar to the one above.
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If he had to pick a market direction, though, Fisher would pick an upward trend.
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He's more likely to look upward, stretch out his arms and welcome the drenching.
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Friday's report also revised the February and March employment estimates upward.
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As the casualty numbers tick upward, Joe Biden's feelings will have been spared.
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Some spores are pulled upward and remain available for Daphnia dentifera to eat.
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The Jaguars range from just over 100 pounds to upward of 270 pounds, Brown said.
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More examples
  • Up: 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"
  • Directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"
  • Up: to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"
  • Up(a): extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
  • (Upwards (album)) Upwards is a Mercury Music Prize nominated album by British hip hop artist Ty, released in 2003 by Big Dada.
  • : The upper part; the top; In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward; In the upper parts; above; Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over; Directed toward a higher place; as, with ...
  • (upwards) Towards a higher place; towards what is above; To a higher figure or amount; Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc; Backwards in time, into the past; To or into later life