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Meanings of upwards in anglès

portuguès
de forma ascendente

Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position.

de forma ascendente
Usage of upwards in anglès
1
However, they do acknowledge that power can be ceded upwards when necessary.
The Guardian
2
At the last possible moment, however, the train seemed to loft upwards.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
3
This statement is trending upwards, increasing by two percentage points this year.
The Irish Times
4
Then we saw prices continue to rocket upwards, unchecked by the government.
The Guardian
5
The problem with an uplighter is that it can only point upwards.
The Irish Times
6
The good news is that enrolment in post-school learning was moving upwards.
The South African
7
As far back as February, unemployment figures were beginning to nudge upwards.
The Irish Times
8
It really is a case of locating the moon and looking upwards.
The South African
9
Last month, Goldman Sachs once again revised upwards its oil price target.
The Irish Times
10
Nightingale held out his right hand palm upwards and made a fist.
Rivers of London
11
Onwards and upwards to 2010 and whatever the new decade will bring.
The Irish Times
12
The drift stuff was upwards of thirteen feet high in the gum-trees.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
13
One of the men in the clearing began to rise upwards slowly.
The Sky Is Falling
14
I have caught upwards of 103 in six nights in this way.
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' E...
15
The feet are turned in so that the inner sides look upwards.
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
16
The stems are deep-red and slightly furrowed; height three feet and upwards.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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Translations for upwards
Upwards through the time
Upwards across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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