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westward
English
Etymology
From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?stw?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?stw?d/
- Hyphenation: west?ward
Adjective
westward (comparative more westward, superlative most westward)
- Lying toward the west.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 1,[1]
- […] yond same star that’s westward from the pole
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part 1, Chapter 3,[2]
- […] about a quarter of an hour before the time of sunset the westward clouds parted […]
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, New York: Pocket Books, 1976, “Outremer,” p. 43,[3]
- It stands high up on the westward slopes of the Alpilles […]
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 1,[1]
- Moving or oriented toward the west.
- 1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Chapter 17, p. 8,[4]
- Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis, may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.
- 1896, A. B. Paterson, “Black Swans” in The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses, London: Macmillan, p. 113,[5]
- Oh! ye wild black swans, ’twere a world of wonder
- For a while to join in your westward flight,
- 1942, Neville Shute, Pied Piper, New York: William Morrow, Chapter 5,[6]
- They moved out on the westward road again.
- 1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Chapter 17, p. 8,[4]
Adverb
westward (comparative more westward, superlative most westward)
- Toward the west.
- ride westward.
- 1590, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great, London, Act V, Scene 6,[7]
- Looke here my boies, see what a world of ground,
- Lies westward from the midst of Cancers line,
- Vnto the rising of this earthly globe,
- c. 1728,, George Berkeley, “Verses, on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America” in The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., London: Thomas Tegg, 1837, p. 394,[8]
- Westward the course of empire takes its way;
- 1857, John Henry Hopkins Jr., “We Three Kings” (Christmas carol),[9]
- O star of wonder, star of night,
- Star with royal beauty bright,
- Westward leading, still proceeding,
- Guide us to thy perfect light.
Translations
Noun
westward (uncountable)
- The western region or countries; the west.
- 1742, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain, London: J. Osborn et al., Volume 1, Letter 6, pp. 297-298,[10]
- I name this to explain what I said before, of Ships being embay’d and lost here: this is when, coming from the Westward, they omit to keep a good Offing, or are taken short by contrary Winds […]
- 1896, Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, Part 1, Chapter 4,[11]
- You will live quietly there till I come back from my next cruise to the westward.
- 1742, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain, London: J. Osborn et al., Volume 1, Letter 6, pp. 297-298,[10]
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English westweard; equivalent to west +? -ward.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?stward/
Adverb
westward
- westward
Coordinate terms
- estward
Descendants
- English: westward
- Scots: wastert
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westbound
English
Etymology
west +? bound
Adverb
westbound (not comparable)
- Towards the west; in a westerly direction.
- He was driving westbound on the George Washington Bridge.
Translations
Adjective
westbound (not comparable)
- Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.
- Westbound traffic was blocked for miles.
Translations
Anagrams
- down tubes, downtubes
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