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southward

[ south-werd; Nautical suhth-erd ]

adjective

  1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  2. coming from the south, as a wind.


adverb

  1. Also dzܳٳw. toward the south; south.

noun

  1. the southward part, direction, or point.

southward

/ ˈsaʊθwəd; ˈsʌðəd /

adjective

  1. situated, directed, or moving towards the south
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the southward part, direction, etc; the south
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. a variant of southwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܳٳɲ, adjectiveadverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of southward1

before 900; Middle English; Old English sūth weard. See south, -ward
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A shift in the centre of the high pressure southwards this week will mean lighter winds, and with long sunny days expected too the air will gradually warm up again.

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Cooler conditions are expected to spread southwards over the weekend with temperatures returning closer to the seasonal average.

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We pushed farther eastward to spend countless weekends on the sidelines at Norco’s vast expanse of soccer fields and southward to the fields underneath the giant orange balloon at Orange County’s Great Park.

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It calls for delivering more water via the federally managed Central Valley Project, one of the two main systems of aqueducts, dams and pumping facilities in California that transport supplies from the Delta southward.

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In January, the weather pattern worsened — with the storm track blocked from “not just Southern California, but all of the West — from Seattle southward,” Tardy said.

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