eastward

UK/ˈiːst.wəd/US/ˈist.wɚd/

adverbB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,455 of 15,258mostly written

Eastward means towards where the sun rises. Head eastward, eastward expansion, the eastward side.

It works as adverb and adjective, and eastwards with the s is the commoner adverb in Britain. Sailing eastward you lose a day crossing the date line, which is the fact every school lesson uses.

Definitions of eastward

1adverbeastwardTowards where the sun rises.B2+
“The storm is moving eastward and should reach the coast by morning.”

eastward is a direction.

Where it comes from

Old English eastweard is east plus -ward, meaning in the direction of.

Old English
ēastweard
Middle English
estward
English, today
eastward

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

eastward in the wild

From its terminus at I-95, the highway continues about two miles (3.2 km) eastward into the city of Florence as I-20 Business.
Interstate 20
The area is currently being subsumed by the westward expansion of Soweto and the eastward growth of Krugersdorp's Kagiso township.
Doornkop
The first segment runs westward from Zapotlanejo, Jalisco eastward to Irapuato, Guanajuato and connects to Guadalajara via Mexican Federal Highway 80.
Mexican Federal Highway 90
The second segment runs westward from Mascota, Jalisco eastward to Ameca, Jalisco.
Mexican Federal Highway 90
Since the time of the Early Church, the eastward direction of Christian prayer has carried a strong significance, attested by the writings of the Church Fathers.
Ad orientem

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