adv / adj · neutral
shoreward
UK/ˈʃɔː.wəd/US/ˈʃɔːr.wɚd/SHORE·ward
moving or directed toward the shore
Examples
“During the storm, a strong shoreward current brought large amounts of seaweed onto the beach.”
“The shoreward movement of sediment was clear in the satellite images.”
“Volunteers walked shoreward picking up litter that the tide had left.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study documented a pronounced shoreward migration of sand over the past decade, exacerbated by rising sea levels.”
Collocations
- shoreward current
- move shoreward
- shoreward drift
Word family
Common mistakes
to shore→to the shore / shoreward
shorewards (used indiscriminately with nouns)→shoreward (as modifier) / shorewards (as adverb)
Say it for a higher band
5to the shore→6towards the shore→7+shoreward
Synonyms
towards the shore
Easily confused
seaward
“The fishermen turned their boat seaward as the weather cleared.”
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