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# southwards

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

### part of speech

adverb; adjective (a southwards journey — more often «southward»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Southwards means towards the south. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#m1)

2) It describes the direction of a movement or a journey going to the south. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and map lessons, the compass points are north, south, east and west; going southwards means moving down a usual map. In science, many birds fly southwards in autumn (in the northern half of the world) to warmer places. Phrases: «head southwards», «fly southwards», «move southwards».

### examples

- The geese flew southwards for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x1)
- We drove southwards towards the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x2)
- The river flows southwards to the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x3)
- On a map, southwards is usually down the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x4)
- The storm was moving southwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x5)
- From the station, walk southwards for two blocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x6)
- In Australia, going southwards makes it colder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x7)
- Finnian, the Abbott of Moville, went southwards and eastwards in great haste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwards/#x8)

### note

«Southwards» is more common in UK English; «southward» in US English; both mean the same. Opposite: «northwards». Trap: in the southern hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand), going southwards takes you towards colder places, not warmer ones.

### Trees and pragmatics

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