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(westwəʳd) also westwards
adverb [usually ADVERB after verb, oft n ADV]
Westward or westwards means towards the west.
He sailed westward from Palos de la Frontera. [+ from]
Within hours, she was free to resume her journey westward.
Westward is also an adjective.
...the one-hour westward flight over the Andes to Lima.

westward in British English

(ˈwɛstwəd)
adjective
1. 
moving, facing, or situated in the west
adverb
2.  Also: westwards
towards the west
noun
3. 
the westward part, direction, etc; the west
Derived forms
westwardly (ˈwestwardly)
adjective, adverb

westward in American English

(ˈwɛstwərd)
adverb, adjective
1. 
toward the west
noun
2. 
a westward direction, point, or region

Examples of 'westward' in a sentence
westward

It will be easy to wake up the morning after a flight westward.
Mayes, Kathleen Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
The right fork continues westward across the prairie.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
The time had come for him to set out on his journey westward.
Keane, Molly & Phipps, Sally Molly Keane's Ireland (1993)
From there you can see right across the city and for miles westward along the coast.
The Sun (2015)
There is the pleasant house in a street of an ancient town many miles to the westward.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The third year the town government planned to build a road five miles westward into the wilderness.
Christianity Today (2000)
After the westward flight, your body will naturally want to wake you early.
Mayes, Kathleen Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
 Continue westwards and you'll come to graceful willows drooping over a moat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
To cut congestion, only drivers making the westward journey are now charged.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In effect it would help to draw out some of the wealth from the capital northwards and westwards towards the centre of the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They were announced yesterday, as the H5N1 strain continued to spread westwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The following three years as a PoW ended with a gruelling forced march westwards across Germany.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The chief points westwards across the wide valley, over a dark ridge, then another.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Your body will want you to wake up early, after a flight westward, but you must resist the urge to rise.
Mayes, Kathleen Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
After a flight westward, your body will naturally want you to wake early, but youmust resist the urge to rise.
Mayes, Kathleen Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
The morning after a westward flight, your body will naturally want you to wake early,but you must resist the urge to rise.
Mayes, Kathleen Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
A huge fireball erupted from the aircraft as it careered 400 metres westwards along the road, crushing cars and setting them ablaze.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
westward

British English: westward ADVERB
Westward or westwards means towards the west.
He sailed westward from the island.
  • American English: westward
  • Brazilian Portuguese: para o oeste
  • Chinese: 向西
  • European Spanish: hacia el oeste
  • French: vers l'ouestN
  • German: westwärts
  • Italian: verso ovest
  • Japanese: 西方に
  • Korean: 서쪽으로
  • European Portuguese: para o oeste
  • Latin American Spanish: hacia el oeste
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