upwardとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpwɜː(ɹ)d/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈʌpwə(ɹ)d/

副詞

upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)

1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin

   We ran upward

   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 23, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.

2. In the upper parts; above.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man,
     And downward fish.

3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Numbers 1:3:

     From twenty years old and upward.

同意語

• up, upwards

反意語

• down, downwards

派生語

• upward of
• upwards of

名詞

upward (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The upper part; the top.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]:

     From the extremest upward of thy head.

形容詞

upward (comparative more upward, superlative most upward)

1. Directed toward a higher place.

   with upward eye; with upward course

同意語

• (toward a higher place): upwards