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westward

[west-werd]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

adverb

Also westwards. toward the west; west.
a train moving westward.

noun

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

westward

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adjective

moving, facing, or situated in the west

adverb

Also: westwards.��towards the west

noun

the westward part, direction, etc; the west

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Other Word Forms

ˈ�ɱ��ٷɲ�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of westward¹

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

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No matter the power of Staples’ words and voice, my mind could not help drifting westward.

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Warmer seas provide the fuel source for hurricane growth as they track westwards across the Atlantic.

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This chimed with my experience talking to people in the week before the election, which I spent travelling westward through Pennsylvania.

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In short, Mr Graham's phone and car were both monitored travelling towards Sycamore Gap from his home in Carlisle before the felling, then returning westward afterwards, the court heard.

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That westward shift was one of those quiet things that happened in 1996 whose repercussions would be felt in unexpected ways far into the future.

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West Virginian westwardly

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