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eastward
[ eest-werd ]
adverb
- Also w. toward the east.
adjective
- moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the east.
noun
- the eastward part, direction, or point.
eastward
/ ˈːٷə /
adjective
- situated or directed towards the east
adverb
- a variant of eastwards
noun
- the eastward part, direction, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈٷɲ, adverbadjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
As that area of high pressure drifts slowly eastwards it is opening the door to a feed of south or south-easterly winds, bringing warm air from continental Europe.
On Saturday night, the cloud and rain will push eastwards across the UK and Sunday will see areas of lingering cloud, sunny spells and showers.
Some suggest that high pressure will drift away eastwards by the end of next week keeping things fairly warm but also bringing bands of cloud and outbreaks of rain.
“A branch factory in occupied Czechoslovakia ensured that the troops pushing eastward, brutalizing and murdering, burning entire villages to the ground, could do so with radiant teeth,” Dunthorne writes, combining ironic detachment with horror.
The Sahel stretches from the west coast of Africa eastwards across the continent.
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