westward

[ west-werd ]

/ ˈwɛst wərd /

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adjective

moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.

adverb

Also west·wards. toward the west; west: a train moving westward.

noun

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

RELATED WORDS

westerly, westbound, westernmost

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Origin of westward

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

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Westward the Tyropean Bridge spanned a deep, populous ravine.
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To the westward flowed the stream of doctrines which sprang up in the Orient.
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And now with gloomy face the sergeant returned to where he had left Major Plummer watching the westward trail.
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British Dictionary definitions for westward

westward

/ (ˈwɛstwəd) /

adjective

moving, facing, or situated in the west

adverb

Also: westwards towards the west

noun

the westward part, direction, etc; the west

Derived Formswestwardly, adjective, adverb

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Word Origin and History for westward

westward

adv.

Old English westweard; see west + -ward.

westward

adjective

adverb

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for westward

westward

adjective

adverb

noun

Word Origin and History for westward

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