Meaning

1 senses
  1. (no plural)The direction or area lying to the south of a place.

More definitions
  • the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

Examples

3 sentences
  1. We're sailing southward.

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  2. I traveled southward.

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  3. Europe is not really a continent; it juts westward out of Eurasia, the continent, as India juts southward out thereof.

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Forms

plural: southwards

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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