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# eastward

adverb (eastward or eastwards); adjective (eastward)

«eastward» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adverb) Towards the east: The ship sailed eastward. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#m1)
2. (adjective) Going or facing towards the east: the eastward road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and map work «eastward» shows direction — the sun appears to rise in the east and the Earth spins eastward; in maths and maps moving eastward is moving to the right on a normal map. Phrases: «head eastward», «eastward journey», «move eastward».

### Examples

- The storm is moving eastward across the country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#x1)
- We drove eastward towards the sunrise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#x2)
- The Earth spins eastward, so the sun seems to rise in the east. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#x3)
- The eastward train leaves at 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#x4)
- On the map, walk 3 squares eastward, then 2 north. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#x5)
- Birds flew eastward over the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#x6)
- Finnian, the Abbott of Moville, went southwards and eastwards in great haste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/#x7)

### Note

«Eastwards» with -s is common in the UK; «eastward» in the US. The other directions follow the same pattern: westward, northward, southward. On most maps east is to the right.

## In Jewish tradition

Toward the sunrise, as the front side of the Tabernacle court faced. In the primary lessons: In geography and map work «eastward» shows direction — the sun appears to rise in the east and the Earth spins eastward; in maths and maps moving eastward is moving to the right on a normal map. Phrases: «head eastward», «eastward journey», «move eastward».

### Examples

- And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. (Torah EXO.38.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eastward/#x1)
- And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. (Torah EXO.27.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eastward/#x2)
- the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.' (Torah NUM.34.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eastward/#x3)
- And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. (Writings 1CH.26.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eastward/#x4)
- And he said: 'Open the window eastward'; and he opened it. (Prophets 2KI.13.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eastward/#x5)
- And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. (Writings 2CH.4.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eastward/#x6)

### Note

«Eastwards» with -s is common in the UK; «eastward» in the US. The other directions follow the same pattern: westward, northward, southward. On most maps east is to the right.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eastward» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eastward» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eastward.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «eastward» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eastward/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eastward» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/eastward.html) on Mova free.