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# outward

«outward» in Mova's school dictionary: **going away from the centre or from a place, towards the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; adverb (outward, outwards)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Outward means going away from the centre or from a place, towards the outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#m1)

2) Outward also means what you can see on the outside, not what is inside or felt, like outward calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#m2)

3) An outward journey is the trip there, not the trip back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths things can spread outward from a centre (ripples, circles); in stories a character's outward look may hide their real feelings. Phrases: «outward journey», «outward appearance», «spread outward».

### examples

- The ripples spread outward from the stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x1)
- The door opens outward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x2)
- The outward journey took two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x3)
- Her outward calm hid how nervous she was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x4)
- The petals curl outward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x5)
- Don't judge people by their outward appearance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x6)
- The circle grew outward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x7)
- Do not trust alone to outward appearances. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outward/#x8)

### note

«Outward» and «outwards» are both used as adverbs; «outwards» is more British. Opposite: inward(s). Adverb: outwardly (on the outside). Outward journey = the way there; return journey = the way back.

### In the corpora

- [Musk oxen form a ring facing outwards, with calves in the middle, so wolves meet only a wall of horns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/17/)
- [Water inside plant cells pushes outwards and keeps stems firm, like air in a balloon; without enough water the plant wilts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/56-how-plants-grow/11/)
- [A salad spinner flings the water outward and off the leaves through the holes; hospitals spin blood fast to separate it into layers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/15/)
- [Cyclists lean into a bend so they do not fall outwards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/18/)
- [Lightning is a giant electric spark; thunder is the sound of the air around it heated so fast that it bursts outward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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