westward

English

Etymology

From Old English westweard.

Adjective

westward (comparative more westward, superlative most westward)

  1. Lying toward the west.
    Yond same star that's westward from the pole. -William Shakespeare.

Adverb

westward (comparative more westward, superlative most westward)

  1. Toward the west
    ride westward.
    Westward the course of empire takes its way. -George Berkeley.

Translations

Noun

westward (uncountable)

  1. The western region or countries; the west.

Middle English

Adverb

westward

  1. westward

Coordinate terms

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