northward

[ nawrth-werd; Nautical nawr-therd ]

adverb

1. Also northwards, northward·ly. toward the north.

adjective

1. Also northward·ly. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the north.

noun

1. the northward part, direction, or point.

northward

/ ˈnɔːðəd; ˈnɔːθwəd /

adjective

1. moving, facing, or situated towards the north

noun

1. the northward part, direction, etc; the north

adverb

1. a variant of northwards

Derived Forms

• ˈnorthwardly, adjectiveadverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of northward¹

before 1100; Middle English; Old English northweard. See north, -ward

Example Sentences

It also passes through the plane of the solar system out between Uranus and Saturn while heading northward on the way inbound.

From Popular-Science

High temperatures of up to 110°F are forecast for inland portions of Southern California, northward into the Central Valley, and even stretching toward portions of the San Francisco Bay area and northern parts of the state.

From Axios

Its movements northward and eastward for this part of its tracked swim are marked off in 50-meter increments in this diagram, while its depth is marked off in 200-meter increments.

From Science News

For decades, single adults — particularly men — dominated the flows northward into the United States, but the number of families and minors traveling without their parents has increased substantially in recent years.

From Washington Post

Using that timeline, the team found that the creatures’ northward push coincides with a dramatic decrease in CO2, which may have removed climate-related barriers, the team reports February 15 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Science News

Going northward would antagonize Iraqi Sunnis, whom Washington and Baghdad are currently wooing.

From The Daily Beast

Shifting all the supplies northward would be an enormous expense, even if those countries would allow it.

From The Daily Beast

Egypt's future irrigation and industrial needs require a major increase in the northward flow of the Nile River.

From The Daily Beast

He had received to the peace some complaisant Scots whose lands or dwellings lay on his northward route.

From Project Gutenberg

The furnace where the Khamsîn brewed in distant Nubia sent its warnings in advance; it was slowly travelling northward.

From Project Gutenberg

On the 22nd September at daylight after a passage of twenty-five days we saw Roderigues, five or six leagues to the northward.

From Project Gutenberg

The group consists of several islands; it is separated from the next to the northward by a channel five miles wide.

From Project Gutenberg

The most convenient watering-place is near the centre of the beach, a little to the northward of the highest hills.

From Project Gutenberg