how to pronounce westward

/ˈwɛst.wəd/

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westward is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of westward in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… travelled westward many centuries later …”

meanings of westward

adjective:

Moving or oriented toward the west.
Lying toward the west.

adverb:

Toward the west.

noun:

The western region or countries; the west.

westward frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word westward occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics westward can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that westward can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;