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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WESTWARD, adv. [L.] Towards the west; as, to ride or sail westward.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: westbound, westerly, westward] n
1: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: west, due west, westward, W] adv
1: toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting sun" [syn: westward, westwards]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb or adjective Date: before 12th century toward the west • westwards adverb II. noun Date: circa 1596 westward direction or part <sail to the westward>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. (also westwards) towards the west. --n. a westward direction or region.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Westward West"ward, a. Lying toward the west. Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Westward West"ward, n. The western region or countries; the west.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Westward West"ward, Westwards West"wards, adv. [AS. westweard. See West, and -ward. ] Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward. Westward the course of empire takes its way. --Berkeley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also westwards Westward means towards the west. He sailed westward from Palos de la Frontera... Within hours, she was free to resume her journey westward. ADV: usu ADV after v, also n ADV • Westward is also an adjective. ...the one-hour westward flight over the Andes to Lima. ADJ: ADJ n

Easton's Bible Dictionary

sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Westerly, toward the west.

Moby Thesaurus

W, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east, eastward, half points, lubber line, north, northeast, northward, northwest, occident, orient, quarter points, rhumb, south, southeast, southward, southwest, sunrise, sunset, west, westabout, westerly, westernly, westwardly, westwards