westward

[west-werd]

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.

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

Other Word Forms

• westwardly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of westward¹

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

Example Sentences

We continued westward, crossing the Atlantic to Brazil, to a church in Recife that has tripled in size since Covid.

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Following the strikes, Hamas said the army's westward push of the yellow line and continued bombardment of eastern Gaza amounted to a "blatant breach" of the agreement.

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Some trains traveled even farther westward into Indiana and on to the growing industrial cities of Gary, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.

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Abderahmane fled the city the same day with his father, who died several days on the route westwards to Chad.

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Moscow watched as its former satellites drifted westward, joining the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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