southward

UK/ˈsaʊθwəd/

adverbB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,397 of 15,258mostly written

Southward means towards the warmer half of the world. Head southward, southward migration, the southward slope.

Southwards with the s is the commoner adverb in Britain, and southward the adjective. A southward-facing slope in the northern hemisphere gets the sun, which is why vineyards face that way.

Definitions of southward

1adverbsouthwardTowards the warmer half of the world.B2+
“The geese fly southward every autumn to escape the cold.”

southward is a direction.

Where it comes from

Middle English
south
English
south
English, today
southward

From south + -ward. south comes from Middle English south. From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic sunþr (“southern”), from Proto-Germanic sunþrą (“south”), from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). 2

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

southward in the wild

The plateau extends southward into western West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and Tennessee, where it is instead called the Cumberland Plateau.
Allegheny Plateau
The September equinox (or southward equinox) is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward.
September equinox
The Indian River extends southward from the Ponce de Leon Inlet in New Smyrna Beach, across the Haulover Canal, and along the western shore of Merritt Island.
Indian River (Florida)
The Banana River flows into the Indian River on the island's south side, at which point the Indian River continues southward to St.
Indian River (Florida)
From Port Howe it travels southward following the eastern banks of River Philip to the town of Oxford.
Nova Scotia Route 321

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