westward
See also: Westward
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛst.wɚd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛst.wəd/
- Hyphenation: west‧ward
Adjective edit
westward (comparative more westward, superlative most westward)
- Lying toward the west.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- […] yond same star that’s westward from the pole
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure[1], Part 1, Chapter 3:
- […] about a quarter of an hour before the time of sunset the westward clouds parted […]
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, “Outremer”, in Monsieur[2], New York: Pocket Books, published 1976, page 43:
- It stands high up on the westward slopes of the Alpilles […]
- Moving or oriented toward the west.
- 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,[3]
- 1896, A. B. Paterson, “Black Swans”, in The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses[4], London: Macmillan, page 113:
- Oh! ye wild black swans, ’twere a world of wonder
For a while to join in your westward flight,
- 1942, Neville Shute, chapter 5, in Pied Piper[5], New York: William Morrow:
- They moved out on the westward road again.
Adverb edit
westward (comparative more westward, superlative most westward)
- Toward the west.
- ride westward.
- 1590, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great[6], London, act V, scene 6:
- Looke here my boies, see what a world of ground,
Lies westward from the midst of Cancers line,
Vnto the rising of this earthly globe,
- c. 1728, George Berkeley, “Verses, on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America”, in The Works of George Berkeley, D.D.[7], London: Thomas Tegg, published 1837, page 394:
- Westward the course of empire takes its way;
- 1857, John Henry Hopkins Jr., “We Three Kings” (Christmas carol),We Three Kings
- O star of wonder, star of night,
- Star with royal beauty bright,
- Westward leading, still proceeding,
- Guide us to thy perfect light.
Translations edit
towards the west
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Noun edit
westward (uncountable)
- The western region or countries; the west.
- 1742, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain[8], London: J. Osborn, et al, Volume 1, Letter 6, pp. 297-298:
- I name this to explain what I said before, of Ships being embay’d and lost here: this is when, coming from the Westward, they omit to keep a good Offing, or are taken short by contrary Winds […]
- 1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part I, page 46:
- You will live quietly there till I come back from my next cruise to the westward.
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English westweard; equivalent to west + -ward.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
westward