{
    "term": "upward",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "pointing towards or facing a higher place",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an upward gaze"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Any expansion would have to be upward."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "increasing in amount or price",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an upward movement in property prices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an upward trend in the rate of unemployment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The long-term trend in foreign direct investment is upward."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌpwəd/",
                "audio": "up/upward/upward__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌpwərd/",
                "audio": "up/upward/upward__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English upweard(es) (see up, -ward)."
}