eastward
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1.1
- adjective
- /ˈiːstwərd/
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hacia el este
- Eastward, in Eden, God had planted a garden.
- move eastward
- flee eastward
- expand eastward
And we could move NATO eastward to include Ukraine.
- And we could move NATO eastward to include Ukraine.
- With that, we turn eastwards to Mongol rule in China.
Examples
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This morning, I look eastward over the Pacific.
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After the fall of the Soviet empire, that transnational framework spread eastward to encompass most of the continent.
Academic text (2008) -
If we look eastward to China, we see economic and social problems building there as well.
Academic text (2011) -
Looking further eastward from China, we come to the United States.
Academic text (2011) -
And we could move NATO eastward to include Ukraine.
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We do understand the concerns in Moscow about every eastward expansion.
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The Russian response to moves to expand NATO eastward has been consistently and resoundingly negative.
Academic text (1999) -
Hence, in fulfilling its task of interreligious dialogue, the American Catholic Church can look eastward with great profit.
Academic text (2004) -
From Alnwick, the traveler should move eastward to the coast to see three more spectacular castles.
Academic text (1999) -
The sun rises in the eastward direction, casting a warm glow across the land.
Synonyms
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1.0
Toward the direction where the sun rises
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1.9
A direction toward the east at 90 degrees on a compass
Toward the east where the sun rises
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eastward comes from the old English root east meaning 'where the sun rises' and the ending -ward meaning 'toward'. So to go eastward is to move or face in the direction of the sunrise.