eastward
Towards the eastTowards the east.
Meaning
1 sensesTowards the east.
ostwärts
к восто́куk vostóku, на восто́кna vostók
на східna sxid
toward the east
Examples
7 sentencesThe plane turned eastward.
ruСамолёт повернул на восток. — odexed
Earth rotates eastward on its axis, one complete turn each day.
deDie Erde dreht sich um ihre Achse nach Osten – mit einer Umdrehung pro Tag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
As he stopped to bethink himself, they turned and looked eastward.
The empire expanded eastward, in search of resources for its burgeoning textile industry.
deDas Reich dehnte sich auf der Suche nach Ressourcen für die boomende Textilindustrie nach Osten naus. — dispy
The plane headed eastward.
deDas Flugzeug startete nach Osten. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east +From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward.
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Forms
more eastward, most eastward| Comparative | more eastward Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most eastward |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- toward the east:eastwards
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.