adj
Meaning 1
Situated or directed towards the east.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eastward
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈist.wɚd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiːst.wəd/
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CMU ARPABET: IY1 S T W ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Towards the east.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The direction or area lying to the east.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
moving toward the east
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- eastbound trains
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eastbound
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
toward the east
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they migrated eastward to Sweden
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eastwards
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: east, due east, E
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cardinal compass point
History
Etymology
From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: на ўсхо́д (na wsxód) — towards the east
- Dutch: oostwaarts — towards the east
- German: ostwärts — towards the east
- Hungarian: keletre — towards the east
- Hungarian: kelet felé — towards the east
- Latvian: uz austrumiem — towards the east
- Māori: whakatemarangai — towards the east
- Middle English: estward — towards the east
- Mongolian: ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨᠰᠢ (ǰegünsi) — towards the east
- Mongolian: зүүнш (züünš) — towards the east
- Navajo: haʼaʼaahjigo — towards the east
- Old English: ēastweard — towards the east
- Polish: na wschód — towards the east
- Russian: к восто́ку (k vostóku) — towards the east
- Russian: на восто́к (na vostók) — towards the east
- Swedish: östvart — towards the east
- Swedish: ostvart — towards the east
- Taos: tə́yboʼoyą — towards the east
- Taos: túybuʼoyą — towards the east
- Tuvan: чөөн чүкче (çöön çükçe) — towards the east
- Ukrainian: на схід (na sxid) — towards the east
Real reading context