westward
pronunciation
How to pronounce westward in British English:
UK [ˈwɛstwəd]
How to pronounce westward in American English:
US [ˈwɛstwərd]
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- Adjective:
- moving toward the west
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- Adverb:
- toward the west
Word Origin
- westward (adv.)
- "toward the west," Old English westweard; see west + -ward.
Antonym
Example
- 1. That radiation drifted westward across what was then soviet russia toward europe .
- 2. It was extended south to long beach and westward to bishop , california .
- 3. Only after learning this did stalin make the crucial decision to transfer his far eastern forces westward .
- 4. Hundreds of man hours and countless trips went into nudging the russians westward .
- 5. The post-cold-war trend of spreading european institutions and values eastward has given way to a westward expansion of russia 's corrupt and autocratic model .