southward

Examples

• All

• Thus, although the need to adapt may slow its southward spread to some degree, I think the mosquito will ultimately disperse in that direction.

  Academic text (1992)

• By studying samples along these ridges, we find the field has a habit of suddenly flipping its state... from northward to southward, or vice versa.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Cirrus clouds then gradually appear to the southward and finally spread entirely over the sky; the wind usually commences to blow lightly from the southeast, gradually increasing in force and shifting to the southward.

  Academic text (1994)

• In Washington, the peak northward migration occurs in December, and the peak southward migration is in March/April (NMFS, 1997a).

  Academic text (2000)

• Monitoring the possible further extension of the parasite westward and southward and the evolution of prevalence in foxes in the historically and newly echinococcosis-endemic areas is also essential.

  Academic text (2012)

• Diamond argues that agricultural traits will have difficulty diffusing southward and northward between midlatitude Eurasia and the African and Asian tropics because this requires movement between regions that are ecologically very different.

  Academic text (1999)

• The explorers set their course for the southward journey across the desert.

• From the city center, we traveled southward until we reached the coast.

• Many birds migrate southward during the winter months in search of warmer climates.

Synonyms

S

south

vssouthward

235 1.0

The direction toward the bottom of a map

is more specific and names the exact 180 degree bearing

D

due south

vssouthward

8 2.3

Directly toward the south on a compass

is used as an adverb to indicate movement toward that bearing

S

S

vssouthward

1 1.0

The direction toward the south on a compass

is the word form rather than a single letter label

Antonyms

N

north

209 1.0

The direction on a compass at the top of most maps

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology