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

Wind speeds are expected to gradually weaken as the storm moves westwards over land but rain will be torrential and slow-moving across the region for several more days.

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Lane 3 will be closed both eastwards and westwards while this goes on.

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He pulled a couple of windsurfing boards from the back of a pickup and began explaining the finer points of a northward versus a westward wind.

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Faced with an unappealing stadium lease and dwindling prospects in St. Louis, the Rams turned their attention westward, toward their Los Angeles roots.

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This westward migration is the subject of the exhibition at AIA San Francisco’s Center for Architecture + Design.

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