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southward

(saʊθwəʳd) also southwards
adverb [usually ADVERB after verb, oft n ADV]
Southward or southwards means towards the south.
They drove southward.
It was a visit that took him to Mogadishu and southwards to Kismayo.
Southward is also an adjective.
Ducks gathered on the lakes before their southward flight.

southward in British English

(ˈsaʊθwəd, nautical ˈsʌðəd)
adjective
1. 
situated, directed, or moving towards the south
noun
2. 
the southward part, direction, etc; the south
adverb
3.  a variant of southwards
Derived forms
southwardly (ˈsouthwardly)
adjective, adverb

southward in American English

(ˈsaʊθwərd; Nautical ˈsʌðərd)
adverb, adjective
1. 
toward the south
noun
2. 
a southward direction, point, or region

Examples of 'southward' in a sentence
southward

As the Arctic air tightened its grip, the belt of snow pushed southwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the high pressure that delivered the spring weather is slipping southwards and the jet stream has reappeared over the UK.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The search was extended southwards to the open sea about 44 miles southeast of Stockholm and continued to cause ripples across the region.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
southward

British English: southward ADVERB
Southward or southwards means towards the south.
They drove southward.
  • American English: southward
  • Brazilian Portuguese: para o sul
  • Chinese: 向南
  • European Spanish: hacia el sur
  • French: vers le sud
  • German: nach Süden
  • Italian: verso sud
  • Japanese: 南方へ
  • Korean: 남쪽으로
  • European Portuguese: para o sul
  • Latin American Spanish: hacia el sur
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