westward
part of speech
adjective (westward); adverb (westward, also westwards in UK English)
meaning for a pupil
1) Westward means going towards the west. tree →
2) Westward describes something that faces or lies towards the west. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography lessons it is used with compass directions; the sun appears to move westward across the sky. In history lessons in the USA, the westward expansion is when settlers travelled west across North America in wagons, which also took land from Native American peoples. Phrases: head westward, the westward journey, westward expansion.
examples
- The ship sailed westward across the Atlantic. tree →
- The sun moves westward across the sky during the day. tree →
- Pioneers travelled westward in covered wagons. tree →
- The storm is moving westward towards the coast. tree →
- Our garden has a westward view, so we see the sunset. tree →
- Westward expansion forced many Native Americans off their land. tree →
- Turn westward at the old oak tree. tree →
note
In UK English the adverb is often «westwards» (they walked westwards); the adjective is always westward (a westward journey). Same pattern: eastward, northward, southward. On a map, west is on the left.
In the corpora
- The Earth turns 360 degrees in 24 hours, 15 degrees an hour, so noon slides westwards around the planet like a spotlight.
- The Silk Road carried ideas as well as goods, such as Buddhism from India to China and papermaking from China westward.
- Crossing the International Date Line westwards you jump forward one calendar day, and crossing it eastwards you go back one day.
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
Trees and pragmatics
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