upward
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(s) directed up
- the cards were face upward
- an upward stroke of the pen
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(r) 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
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(r) to a later time
- they moved the meeting date up
- from childhood upward
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(s) extending or moving toward a higher place
- the up staircase
- a general upward movement of fish