Collocations for "upward"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "upward" in context.
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upward
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- an upward [movement, motion, path]
- there is an upward trend to [go, try, invest]
- an upward trend in [sales, tinyhouses, single-parent families]
- [heading, moving, passing] in an upward direction
- make an upward [adjustment, estimate, forecast]
- What is the upward [limit, cost]?
- subjected to upward [pressure, adjustments]
- is on an upward slope
- an upward slope to [the top, success]
- [looked, peered] upward at the [sky, clouds]
- the [birds, kites, balloons] were flying upward
- has moved upward in the [company, organization, business]
- UK: (intended) for [viewers, students, children] aged [six, 18] and upward
- attracts an audience upward of [1 million]
- took upward of [a decade, $50,000] (to)
- onward and upward
'upward' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):