northward
Syllables: north·wardUK/ˈnɔːθwəd//ˈnɔɹθwɚd/
northward noun: the direction or area lying to the north of a place.
Noun
northward (uncountable)
Adjective
northward (comparative more northward, superlative most northward)
- Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.
Adverb
northward (comparative more northward, superlative most northward)
- Towards the north; in a northerly direction.
- When she came, I could see at a glance she was tired and jaded and worried, and so, instead of letting her fret about in the hotel and get into a wearing tangle of gossip, I packed her and two knapsacks up, and started off on a long, refreshing, easy-going walk northward, until a blister on her...1927 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Little Mother up the Möderberg”, in The Short Stories of H. G. Wells, London: Ernest Benn Limited […], →OCLC, page 641
- [T]he trees blew stedfastly one way, never writhing round, and scarcely tossing back their boughs once in an hour; so continuous was the strain bending their branchy heads northward— […]1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter X, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 255–256
northward meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
northward in Tamil
- வடமுகப்பக்கம்
northward in Urdu
- جانب شمال, شمال کی طرف
northward in Bengali
- উত্তরমুখী, উত্তর দিকে
northward in Telugu
- towards the north
- ఉత్తరముగా uttaramugā
More languagesFewer languages
- northward in Malayalam
- വടക്കോട്ട്
- northward in Gujarati
- ઓતરાતું otarātũ
Examples of northward in a sentence
- Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
- Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.
- Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname.
Forms of northward
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more northward |
| superlative | most northward |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more northward |
| superlative | most northward |
Origin of northward
From north + -ward.
Words formed from northward
Phrases with northward
Questions about northward
- What does northward mean?
- Northward means the direction or area lying to the north of a place.
- What is northward in Tamil?
- Northward in Tamil is வடமுகப்பக்கம். See Northward meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is northward?
- Northward can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce northward?
- Northward is pronounced /ˈnɔɹθwɚd/ (US).
Words near northward in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: northward (page history and authors); northward (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); northward (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); northward (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); northward (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઓતરાતું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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