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View synonyms for northward

northward

[ nawrth-werd; Nautical nawr-therd ]

adverb

  1. Also northwards, northward·ly. toward the north.


adjective

  1. Also northward·ly. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the north.

noun

  1. the northward part, direction, or point.

northward

/ ˈnɔːðəd; ˈnɔːθwəd /

adjective

  1. moving, facing, or situated towards the north


noun

  1. the northward part, direction, etc; the north

adverb

  1. a variant of northwards

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Derived Forms

  • ˈnorthwardly, adjectiveadverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of northward1

before 1100; Middle English; Old English northweard. See north, -ward

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Example Sentences

Going northward would antagonize Iraqi Sunnis, whom Washington and Baghdad are currently wooing.

Shifting all the supplies northward would be an enormous expense, even if those countries would allow it.

Egypt's future irrigation and industrial needs require a major increase in the northward flow of the Nile River.

He had received to the peace some complaisant Scots whose lands or dwellings lay on his northward route.

The furnace where the Khamsîn brewed in distant Nubia sent its warnings in advance; it was slowly travelling northward.

On the 22nd September at daylight after a passage of twenty-five days we saw Roderigues, five or six leagues to the northward.

The group consists of several islands; it is separated from the next to the northward by a channel five miles wide.

The most convenient watering-place is near the centre of the beach, a little to the northward of the highest hills.

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