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- Upward-mobility
noun 1. See under vertical mobility (def 1). vertical mobility noun, Sociology. 1. movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying. 2. cultural diffusion from one social level to another, as the adoption by one economic class of the fashions […]
- Upwards
adverb, Also, upwards 1. toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward. 2. toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.: His employer wishes to move him upward in the company. 3. to a greater degree; more: fourscore and upward. 4. toward a large city, the source or origin of a […]
- Upwarp
noun 1. a geologic structure, usually of relatively large dimensions, whose flanks slope gradually away from the center.
- Upwell
verb (used without object) 1. to well up, as water from a spring.
- Upriver
adverb, adjective 1. in the direction of or nearer the source of a river: It’s hard to paddle a canoe upriver; an upriver settlement of tribes. adjective, adverb 1. towards or near the source of a river noun 2. an area located upstream