EGAVE

upwards

About 4.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
    look upwards
  2. adverb To a higher figure or amount.
    Prices are moving steadily upwards.
  3. adverb Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
  4. adverb Backwards in time, into the past.
  5. adverb To or into later life.

Similar words

up rising upside top above increase forward onwards plus more

Often followed by

of and to in from into through by towards

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