adverb / adjective · neutral
eastward
UK/ˈiːstwəd/US/ˈiːstwɚd/EAST·ward
Band 5-6speakingtask2
toward or in the direction of the east
Examples
“They sailed eastward until they reached the island.”
“an eastward route”
“eastward expansion”
Band 8 sentence
“The migration proceeded predominantly eastward, following the mountain passes least affected by winter snows.”
Collocations
- move eastward
- eastward expansion
- an eastward route
Word family
eastward adv., adj.eastwards adv. (BrE variant)
Common mistakes
They went eastwardsly.→They went eastward.
We travel to eastward cities.→We travel to eastward cities.
Say it for a higher band
5to the east→6east→7+eastward
Synonyms
to the east
Easily confused
east
“They continued eastward across the plain.”
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