The plane turned eastward.
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Eastward
//ˈist.wɚd//
Synonyms for "eastward" (23 found)
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21 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- на ўсхо́д adv (towards the east)
Dutch
1 entries- oostwaarts adv (towards the east)
German
1 entries- ostwärts adv (towards the east)
Hungarian
2 entries- kelet felé adv (towards the east)
- keletre adv (towards the east)
Latvian
1 entries- uz austrumiem adv (towards the east)
Middle English
1 entries- estward adv (towards the east)
Mongolian
2 entries- зүүнш adv (towards the east)
- ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨᠰᠢ adv (towards the east)
Māori
1 entries- whakatemarangai adv (towards the east)
Navajo
1 entries- haʼaʼaahjigo adv (towards the east)
Old English
1 entries- ēastweard adv (towards the east)
Polish
1 entries- na wschód adv (towards the east)
Russian
2 entries- к восто́ку adv (towards the east)
- на восто́к adv (towards the east)
Swedish
2 entries- ostvart adv (towards the east)
- östvart adv (towards the east)
Taos
2 entries- túybuʼoyą adv (towards the east)
- tə́yboʼoyą adv (towards the east)
Tuvan
1 entries- чөөн чүкче adv (towards the east)
Ukrainian
1 entries- на схід adv (towards the east)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
Source: tatoeba (1629399)
Venus has a retrograde rotation which means it rotates on its axis in the opposite direction from the Earth's rotation. This causes the Sun to rise in the west and move eastward across the sky.
Source: tatoeba (3955478)
As the Moon moves eastward away from the Sun in the sky, we see a bit more of the sunlit side of the Moon each night.
Source: tatoeba (3961220)
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