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# northwards

«northwards» in Mova's school dictionary: **towards the north** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (northwards; also northward); adjective (northward)

### meaning for a pupil

Northwards means towards the north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, pupils describe movement with compass directions: northwards, southwards, eastwards, westwards. Birds fly northwards in spring in the Northern Hemisphere. On a map, north is usually at the top. Phrases: "head northwards", "move northwards".

### examples

- The geese flew northwards in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#x1)
- The river flows northwards to the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#x2)
- We drove northwards towards Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#x3)
- The storm is moving northwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#x4)
- A compass needle points northwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#x5)
- The road goes northwards through the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#x6)
- The beggar scrambled to his feet, and without a pause walked quickly down the road that led northwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/#x7)

### note

British English often uses "northwards"; American English prefers "northward". As an adjective use "northward": a northward journey. Related: north, northern, northerly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «northwards» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/northwards/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.