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1 upward
ˈʌpwəd
1. прил. направленный вверх, поднимающийся, восходящий The discomfort in the hands may be relieved by upward rubbing. ≈ Боль в руках может быть снята направленным вверх поглаживанием. A change in social class position is called vertical mobility, with the sub-classes of upward mobility and downward mobility. ≈ Изменения социального статуса называют вертикальной мобильностью, выделяя восходящую и нисходящую мобильность. Syn: ascending
2. нареч.;
тж. upwards указывает на "восходящее" направление или изменение: а) снизу - вверх в пространстве, в иерархии и т.п.;
to follow the river upward ≈ идти вверх по реке б) от низшего к высшему Every form of conscious life, from the lowest sensitive organism upward. ≈ Любая форма сознательной жизни, начиная с простейших чувствующих организмов и выше. в) к более старшему возрасту from childhood and upward ≈ с самого детcтва children of five years and upward ≈ дети пяти лет и старше г) от меньшего - к большему from $5 upward ≈ от пяти долларов и дороже д) от периферии - к центру е) к истоку ∙ upward of ≈ больше, свыше движущийся или напрвленный вверх;
восходящий - an * glance взгляд, напрвленный вверх - prices show an * tendency цены повышаются вверх - to look * cмотреть вверх - to follow the river * идти вверх по реке больше, старше, выше - сhildren of six years and * дети от шести лет и старше начиная с (какого-л. периода времени в прошлом) - from my early yoith * с ранней юности свыше - they found * of forty specimens они нашли свыше сорока образцов приблизительно, около - * of a thousand words около тысячи слов upward = upwards ~ вверх ~ движущийся вверх ~ направленный вверх ~ направленный или движущийся вверх upward = upwards upwards: upwards больше;
старше;
выше;
children of five years and upwards дети пяти лет и старше;
upwards of свыше;
upwards of 50 people более 50 человек ~ вверх;
to follow the river upwards идти вверх по реке
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