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eastward

[ eest-werd ]

adverb

  1. Also 𲹲w. toward the east.


adjective

  1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the east.

noun

  1. the eastward part, direction, or point.

eastward

/ ˈːٷə /

adjective

  1. situated or directed towards the east
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. a variant of eastwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the eastward part, direction, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹲ٷɲ, adverbadjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eastward1

before 850; Middle English estward, Old English ŧٱɱ𲹰. See east, -ward
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On Saturday night, the cloud and rain will push eastwards across the UK and Sunday will see areas of lingering cloud, sunny spells and showers.

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Some suggest that high pressure will drift away eastwards by the end of next week keeping things fairly warm but also bringing bands of cloud and outbreaks of rain.

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“A branch factory in occupied Czechoslovakia ensured that the troops pushing eastward, brutalizing and murdering, burning entire villages to the ground, could do so with radiant teeth,” Dunthorne writes, combining ironic detachment with horror.

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The Sahel stretches from the west coast of Africa eastwards across the continent.

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Putin historically resents the spread of Nato eastwards.

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