northward

[ nawrth-werd; Nautical nawr-therd ]

/ ˈnɔrθ wərd; Nautical ˈnɔr ðərd /

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adverb

Also northwards, north·ward·ly. toward the north.

adjective

Also north·ward·ly. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the north.

noun

the northward part, direction, or point.

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Origin of northward

before 1100; Middle English; Old English northweard.See north, -ward

Words nearby northward

Northumbria, Northumbrian, North Valley Stream, North Vancouver, North Vietnam, northward, northwards, northwest, northwest by north, northwest by west, northwester

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How to use northward in a sentence

It also passes through the plane of the solar system out between Uranus and Saturn while heading northward on the way inbound.
The Perseid meteor shower is about to begin—here’s how to catch it|empire|July 13, 2021|Popular-Science
High temperatures of up to 110°F are forecast for inland portions of Southern California, northward into the Central Valley, and even stretching toward portions of the San Francisco Bay area and northern parts of the state.
Historic heat wave in West intensifies in California, wildfire dangers increase|Andrew Freedman|June 17, 2021|Axios
Its movements northward and eastward for this part of its tracked swim are marked off in 50-meter increments in this diagram, while its depth is marked off in 200-meter increments.
Why do sea turtles, penguins and sharks sometimes just swim in circles or spirals?|Susan Milius|March 23, 2021|Science News
For decades, single adults — particularly men — dominated the flows northward into the United States, but the number of families and minors traveling without their parents has increased substantially in recent years.
Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs|Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, Silvia Foster-Frau|March 4, 2021|Washington Post

Using that timeline, the team found that the creatures’ northward push coincides with a dramatic decrease in CO2, which may have removed climate-related barriers, the team reports February 15 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Climate change helped some dinosaurs migrate to Greenland|Anushree Dave|February 24, 2021|Science News
Going northward would antagonize Iraqi Sunnis, whom Washington and Baghdad are currently wooing.
There’s Only One Way to Beat ISIS: Work With Assad and Iran|Leslie H. Gelb|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Shifting all the supplies northward would be an enormous expense, even if those countries would allow it.
Perfidious Pakistani-American Games|Leslie H. Gelb|December 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Egypt's future irrigation and industrial needs require a major increase in the northward flow of the Nile River.
Open Memorandum: Elements of a Possible Peace Deal in Sudan|George Clooney, John Prendergast|November 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He had received to the peace some complaisant Scots whose lands or dwellings lay on his northward route.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
The furnace where the Khamsîn brewed in distant Nubia sent its warnings in advance; it was slowly travelling northward.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
On the 22nd September at daylight after a passage of twenty-five days we saw Roderigues, five or six leagues to the northward.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The group consists of several islands; it is separated from the next to the northward by a channel five miles wide.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The most convenient watering-place is near the centre of the beach, a little to the northward of the highest hills.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

British Dictionary definitions for northward

northward

/ (ˈnɔːθwəd, nautical ˈnɔːðəd) /

adjective

moving, facing, or situated towards the north

noun

the northward part, direction, etc; the north

adverb

a variant of northwards

Derived forms of northward

northwardly, adjective, adverb

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