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Adjective(1) (2) moving toward the west
Adverb(1) (2) toward the west

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(1) The celebration of rugged individualism during westward expansion in the mid-1800s surely had a lasting influence as well.(2) To the westward , but on their left instead of their right, tombs of great antiquity passed by their gaze.(3) Bird flu's westward move is caused by migrating fowl.(4) We're expecting this westward motion to continue, getting close to Category 3, as early as 8: 00 for tonight.(5) SS soldiers blew up the gas chamber and crematorium in early 1945 when the Nazis abandoned the camp in the face of the Soviet army's westward advance.(6) Rabaul was crossed off the list of invasion targets; its neutralization by air was to be completed by May 1944, followed by MacArthur's westward advance towards the Vogelkop peninsula of New Guinea.(7) Fire was used as the great manipulator of the land and its vegetation, a well-known fact to Native Americans, who made use of fire to improve hunting for centuries before the westward migration began.(8) This is expected to, I think, diminish in strength over the next few days, though the westward push probably won't be as significant.(9) We think our storm will continue tracking a little bit to the north of west, but it may manage to hold itself on a more westward course and head somewhere along the Florida east coast.(10) It was expected that Emily would turn in a west-northwesterly direction, but she stayed on her original westward course.(11) Sweden attempted to take advantage of this by blocking Russia's attempted westward expansion towards the Baltic.(12) Meanwhile, the Democrat eyeing the White House continues his westward swing, heading for Las Vegas at this hour.(13) Some have long disputed the very idea of a frontier of u2018free landu2019 because of the presence of the numerous Indian peoples whose subjugation was required by the nation's westward march.(14) The war enhanced American power vis-u00e0-vis Indian tribes in the West and South and thus set the stage for westward expansion after 1815.(15) His great interest was in what he called his u2018Enterprise to the Indiesu2019, the search for a westward route to the Orient for trade in spices.(16) He ran into the bitter westward winds almost constantly.
Synonyms
Adjective
1. westbound
2. westerly


Adverb


Noun
4. west
5. due west


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Her path takes her westward.

Her path takes her WESTWARD.

Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 4


When Aegon Targaryen
turned his eye westward,

When Aegon Targaryen turned his eye WESTWARD,

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 1


As in, uh, "Land ho!"
or, uh, "Westward ho!"

As in, uh, "Land ho!" or, uh, "WESTWARD ho!"

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 6


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