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eastward

Syllables: east·wardUK/ˈiːst.wəd//ˈist.wɚd/

eastward noun: the direction or area lying to the east.

Noun

eastward (uncountable)

  1. The direction or area lying to the east.

Adjective

eastward (comparative more eastward, superlative most eastward)

  1. Situated or directed towards the east.
    • At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217

Adverb

eastward (comparative more eastward, superlative most eastward)

  1. Towards the east.
    • Near to the jail, and by consequence near to Smithfield also, and the Compter, and the bustle and noise of the city; and just on that particular part of Snow Hill where omnibus horses going eastward seriously think of falling down on purpose, and where horses in hackney cabriolets going westward...1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 4, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC
    • As the engine took water, there was time to think of the curious turn of events that brought the North British (in the thin disguise of "Border Counties Railway") over the border, down the North Tyne to Hexham, and eastward from Reedsmouth by the Wansbeck Valley line to Morpeth (and Rothbury)...1956 December, Michael Robbins, “End of the Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 808

eastward meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi

eastward in Tamil

கிழக்கு நோக்கிய, கிழக்காக

eastward in Telugu

తూర్పువైపు

eastward in Punjabi

ਪੂਰਬ ਵੱਲ ਵੱਲ

Examples of eastward in a sentence

  • The ship stretched to the eastward.
  • Several Globemasters passed over, eastward bound.
  • Once in deep water, they would cruise eastward toward the Philippines.

All 29 example sentences with eastward

Forms of eastward

Adjective
comparativemore eastward
superlativemost eastward
Adverb
comparativemore eastward
superlativemost eastward

Origin of eastward

From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward.

Words formed from eastward

Questions about eastward

What does eastward mean?
Eastward means the direction or area lying to the east.
What is eastward in Tamil?
Eastward in Tamil is கிழக்கு நோக்கிய, கிழக்காக. See Eastward meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eastward?
Eastward can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce eastward?
Eastward is pronounced /ˈist.wɚd/ (US).

Words near eastward in the dictionary

  1. eastside
  2. eastsides
  3. Easttown
  4. Eastvale
  5. Eastville
  6. eastward
  7. eastwardly
  8. eastwardmost
  9. eastwards
  10. eastwind
  11. Eastwood

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eastward (page history and authors); eastward (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eastward (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eastward (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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