northward
part of speech
adverb; adjective (also northwards — adverb, UK)
meaning for a pupil
1) (adverb) Towards the north: the geese flew northward. tree →
2) (adjective) Going or facing towards the north: a northward journey. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography lessons about compass directions, maps, migration and rivers. In stories travellers head northward towards the cold. Phrases: head northward, move northward, northward route.
examples
- The geese fly northward in spring. tree →
- We drove northward along the coast. tree →
- The river flows northward to the sea. tree →
- The storm is moving northward. tree →
- The northward road was blocked by snow. tree →
- Walk northward until you see the lighthouse. tree →
- The explorers made their way northwards across the ice. tree →
- Early in the spring, when the storks were again about to journey northward, beautiful Helga took off her golden bracelets, scratched her name on them, and beckoned to the stork-father. tree →
note
As an adverb UK English often adds -s: northwards; US English usually uses «northward». Opposite: southward. Similar: north, northbound (about traffic).
In the corpora
- And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.
- 'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward.
- And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah.
- Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
- Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the Storehouse two and two.
Trees and pragmatics
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