adj
Meaning 1
Lying toward the west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
westward
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: /ˈwɛst.wɚd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛst.wəd/
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CMU ARPABET: W EH1 S T W ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Moving or oriented toward the west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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, 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.
Meaning relationships
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adv
Meaning 3
Toward the west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- ride westward.
- 1857, John Henry Hopkins Jr., “We Three Kings” (Christmas carol), O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.
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name
Meaning 4
A civil parish and small village in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2744).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
The western region or countries; the west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
moving toward the west
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- westbound pioneers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: westbound, westerly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 7
toward the west
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they traveled westward toward the setting sun
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: westwards
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: west, due west, W
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cardinal compass point
History
Etymology
From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: на за́хад (na záxad) — towards the west
- Dutch: westwaarts — towards the west
- German: westwärts — towards the west
- Hungarian: nyugatra — towards the west
- Hungarian: nyugat felé — towards the west
- Latvian: uz rietumiem — towards the west
- Māori: whakatehauāuru — towards the west
- Māori: whakateuru — towards the west
- Middle English: westward — towards the west
- Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨᠰᠢ (baraɣunsi) — towards the west
- Mongolian: баруунш (baruunš) — towards the west
- Navajo: eʼeʼaahjigo — towards the west
- Old English: westweard — towards the west
- Polish: na zachód — towards the west
- Russian: к за́паду (k západu) — towards the west
- Russian: на за́пад (na západ) — towards the west
- Swedish: västvart — towards the west
- Tuvan: барыын чүкче (barıın çükçe) — towards the west
- Ukrainian: на за́хід (na záxid) — towards the west