westward

[ west-werd ]
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adjective
  1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.

adverb
  1. Also westwards. toward the west; west: a train moving westward.

noun
  1. the westward part, direction, or point: The wind had veered to the westward.

Origin of westward

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English westweard.See west, -ward

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British Dictionary definitions for westward

westward

/ (ˈwɛstwəd) /


adjective
  1. moving, facing, or situated in the west

adverb
  1. Also: westwards towards the west

noun
  1. the westward part, direction, etc; the west

Derived forms of westward

  • westwardly, adjective, adverb

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