westward
/ˈwɛst.wɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A civil parish and small village in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2744).
Example Sentences
- "[…] yond same star that’s westward from the pole"
- "[…] about a quarter of an hour before the time of sunset the westward clouds parted […]"
- "It stands high up on the westward slopes of the Alpilles […]"
- "1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Chapter 17, p. 8, Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis, may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows."
- "Oh! ye wild black swans, ’twere a world of wonder For a while to join in your westward flight,"
- "They moved out on the westward road again."
Etymology
From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: westward, westweard
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɛst.wɚd/
- British English: /ˈwɛst.wəd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more westward (comparative)
most westward (superlative)