adjective / adverb · neutral
westward
UK/ˈwestwəd/US/ˈwestwərd/WEST·ward
Band 5-6task2speaking
toward or in the direction of the west
Examples
“During the drought many families moved westward in search of water.”
“A westward wind brought cooler air during the night.”
“The settlement expanded westward over the next decade.”
Band 8 sentence
“Archaeological evidence suggests that the population migrated westward over several generations.”
Collocations
- move westward
- westward expansion
Word family
westward adj/advwestwards adv (BrE variant)
Common mistakes
to west→to the west / westward
westwards (in AmE essays)→westward
Say it for a higher band
5to the west→6west→7+westward
Synonyms
to the west
Easily confused
westwards
“They headed westwards across the plain as the sun set.”
to the west
“The city lies to the west of the river.”
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