US usually upward [adverb] [not gradable]She turned her face upwards to the midday sun.The cost of completion has been revised upwards again due to further delays.Flying upward they broke through the cloud into sunlight.Compare downwards.If you say something is upward(s) of a number or value, you mean it is at least the stated amount and probably more.Upwards of fifty thousand people assembled in the main square.A designer dress like this costs upward of $5000.
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Meaning of UPWARDS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012