Woodward

American  

[wood-werd] / ˈwʊd wərd /

noun

1. C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.

2. Robert Burns, 1917–79, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1965.

3. a town in northwestern Oklahoma.

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Woodward British  

/ ˈwʊdwəd /

noun

1. Sir Clive . born 1956, English Rugby Union player and subsequently (1997–2004) coach of the England team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2003.

2. R ( obert ) B ( urns ). 1917–79, US chemist. For his work on the synthesis of quinine, strychnine, cholesterol, and other organic compounds he won the Nobel prize for chemistry 1965

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Example Sentences

Overall, 84% of analysts covering GE Aerospace, Woodward, Rolls, and Boeing rate shares Buy, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, who is DOJ’s third-in-command and close to Davis, entered Slater’s office on June 27 and placed a document on her desk, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"That's the problem," says Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The country was rocked by the Watergate fallout, but its citizens also lapped up the gossip — like Rovere hoped to do with what little tidbits made it to Woodward and Bernstein’s book.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Permission from the Community Woodward School was forthcoming for Bobby’s three-week absence, and the boy was delighted to be on the road playing chess instead of being in the classroom.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady