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 →

2) Upward also means getting bigger or higher in number, like prices or temperature going upward. tree →

3) As an adjective, an upward move or slope is one that goes up. tree →

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 →
• The lift moved upward 4 floors. tree →
• The balloon rose upward 50 metres. tree →
• The temperature went upward by 6 degrees. tree →
• Smoke drifts upward from the chimney. tree →
• She looked upward at the stars. tree →
• The line on the graph goes upward, so sales grew. tree →
• Plants grow upward towards the sun. tree →
• The path climbs upward to the top of the hill. tree →
• Splash! splash! the water leaped upward into spray. tree →

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.
• Many deep fish have big eyes to catch faint light from glowing animals, and some have tube-shaped eyes that look upward.
• This upward push is called lift.
• A wing is curved, so as the bird moves forward the air flowing past pushes it upward; this push is called lift.
• Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «upward» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.