upwards

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• UK: /ˈʌpwədz/
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• US: /ˈʌpwɚdz/
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From Middle English upwardes, from Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -wards. Cognate with Dutch opwaarts (“upwards”), German aufwärts (“upwards”).

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: yuxarı — to a higher position
• Belarusian: наве́рх (navjérx) — to a higher position
• Belarusian: уве́рх (uvjérx) — to a higher position
• Belarusian: ўверх (wvjerx) — to a higher position
• Belarusian: наве́рсе (navjérsje) — to a higher position
• Belarusian: уве́рсе (uvjérsje) — to a higher position
• Belarusian: ўве́рсе (wvjérsje) — to a higher position
• Dutch: opwaarts — to a higher position
• Estonian: üles — to a higher position
• Faroese: niðaneftir — to a higher position
• Faroese: uppeftir — to a higher position
• Finnish: ylös — to a higher position
• Finnish: ylemmäs — to a higher position
• Finnish: ylemmäksi — to a higher position
• Finnish: ylöspäin — to a higher position
• French: en haut — to a higher position
• Georgian: მაღლა (maɣla) — to a higher position
• Georgian: ზემოთ (zemot) — to a higher position
• Georgian: ზევით (zevit) — to a higher position
• German: aufwärts — to a higher position
• German: nach oben — to a higher position
• German: hoch — to a higher position
• German: hinauf — to a higher position
• German: herauf — to a higher position
• German: obsi — to a higher position
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup) — to a higher position
• Ancient Greek: ἄνω (ánō) — to a higher position
• Irish: aníos — to a higher position
• Irish: suas — to a higher position
• Latin: sūrsum — to a higher position
• Polish: w górę — to a higher position
• Polish: wzwyż — to a higher position
• Portuguese: para cima — to a higher position
• Romanian: în sus — to a higher position
• Romanian: la deal — to a higher position
• Romansh: si — to a higher position
• Romansh: sen — to a higher position
• Romansh: se — to a higher position
• Romansh: sü — to a higher position
• Russian: вверх (vverx) — to a higher position
• Russian: ввысь (vvysʹ) — to a higher position
• Scottish Gaelic: a-nìos — to a higher position
• Slovene: gôr — to a higher position
• Slovene: navzgor — to a higher position
• Spanish: hacia arriba — to a higher position
• Spanish: arriba — to a higher position
• Swedish: uppför — to a higher position
• Swedish: uppåt — to a higher position
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری (yukarı) — to a higher position
• Ukrainian: вверх (vverx) — to a higher position
• Finnish: ylöspäin — to a higher amount
• Finnish: ylös — to a higher amount
• Finnish: korkeammaksi — to a higher amount
• Portuguese: para cima — to a higher amount
• Russian: вы́ше (výše) — to a higher amount
• Dutch: hoger — to something superior
• Finnish: ylöspäin — to something superior
• Finnish: taemmas — to the past
• Finnish: taemmaksi — to the past
• Finnish: myöhemmäs — to later life
• Finnish: myöhemmäksi — to later life