southward

American  

[south-werd, suhth-erd] / ˈsaʊθ wərd, ˈsʌð ərd /

adjective

1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.

2. coming from the south, as a wind.

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adverb

1. Also southwards. toward the south; south.

noun

1. the southward part, direction, or point.

southward British  

/ ˈsaʊθwəd, ˈsʌðəd /

adjective

1. situated, directed, or moving towards the south

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noun

1. the southward part, direction, etc; the south

adverb

1. a variant of southwards

Other Word Forms

• southwardly adjective

Etymology

Origin of southward

before 900; Middle English; Old English sūth weard. See south, -ward

Example Sentences

By 1860, hundreds of thousands had been moved southward, tearing apart families while fueling the Cotton Kingdom.

From The Wall Street Journal

As temperatures rise, multiyear ice in the northern Arctic is released southward, where it creates chokepoints in the Northwest Passage.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. military has turned its attention southward, and the defense industry is lining up to sell it the tools for a different kind of war.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a line of showers that develop over the warmer waters of the Irish Sea and are pushed southwards over the county of Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales.

From BBC

By Monday the colder air in the north will have been swept southwards on a northerly wind bringing down an arctic maritime airmass - and that means the chance of snow.

From BBC