southward
southward
Definition
south·ward (so̵ut̸h′wərd; naut. sut̸h′ərd)
adverb, adjective
toward the south
noun
a southward direction, point, or region
southward
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- extend: A part of the Bill to extend southwards from Strand to The Temple was not pursued.
- proceed: Repairs completed, we departed Ft Portal at 09:15, proceeding southwards.
- continue: For a short way, the canal route continues southwards with Gorton Cemetery on the right.
- head: The second is to head southwards to Long Quarry Point where there is a lot to see in quite shallow water.
- flow: The other two channels flow southwards into the harbor.
- move: A weak cold front then moved southwards on the 26th bringing occasional light showers.
Adjective modifier
- further: We head further southwards, through gently undulating countryside.
- main: On 7th January came a disaster on the main road southwards in western Malaya.
Modifies a noun
- turning: The superposed epoch studies were carried out using the time of the southward turning as time zero.
- migration: The first results of the tagging does not show the Tope making a southward mass migration in autumn occurs.
- expansion: The British Empire gained a partial loss of Russian interest in southward expansion.
- extension: The southwards extension has a ring of dear little children's chairs.
- journey: On your southward journey peer out over the frosty waters of mighty glaciers, which give way to majestic fjords colored with wild flowers.
- flow: The temperature and salinity differences between the deep water in the Arctic and the warmer tropics drive a southward flow of deep water.
Noun used with modifier
- journey: Later we will start our journey southwards through the Spey Valley then on to the dramatic scenery of Glen Garry.
- head: At the west end of Senate House Passage turn left and head southward down Trinity Hall Lane.
- road: On 7th January came a disaster on the main road southwards in western Malaya.
- way: I am afraid we cannot find the High Lama, so we will have to make our way southwards.
- line: The same year powers to extend the line southwards were allowed to lapse.
- extension: Goods facilities were withdrawn on 18th April 1964, which allowed any future platform extension southwards, to proceed.
Browse dictionary entries near southward
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