outward
pronunciation
How to pronounce outward in British English:
UK [ˈaʊtwəd]
How to pronounce outward in American English:
US [ˈaʊtwərd]
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- Adjective:
- relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
- that is going out or leaving
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- Adverb:
- toward the outside
Word Origin
- outward (adj.)
- Old English utweard "toward the outside, external" (of an enclosure, surface, etc.), earlier utanweard, from ute, utan "outside" (from ut; see out) + -weard (see -ward). Of persons, in reference to the external appearance (usually opposed to inner feelings), it is attested from c. 1500. Also as an adverb in Old English (utaword). Outward-bound "directed on a course out from home port" is first recorded c. 1600; with capital initials, it refers to a sea school founded in 1941. Related: Outwardly; outwardness.
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Example
- 1. Ireland now has its highest outward migration since 1989 .
- 2. There is therefore an outward quantum pressure forcing against the constraining laser trap .
- 3. The zones of inward and outward migration would meet at stable equilibrium points .
- 4. All this raced outward for about 3 00000 years before anything significant happened .
- 5. If the door opened outward , the onrush of girls would have opened the door .