Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: upward
IPA transcription: ['ʌpwɚd]
Pronunciations of upward
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: upward
    Meaning: directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"
  • Synonyms: up(a), upward(a)
    Meaning: extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: up, upwards, upward, upwardly
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • I looked upward.
  • My path is upward."
  • I gaze upward in the air.
  • Then he started upward again.
  • He felt his craft soar upward.
  • Then startled, they turned their eyes upward.
  • The captain's curly lip took a new twist upward.
  • The sapling, jarred out of the notch, springing upward!
  • He is--there," I pointed upward, "where he can watch you.
  • Robert glanced upward and asked: "Isn't there room enough up there, Kate?"
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording American goldfinch, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Imagism, License CC BY-SA 4.0