outward
IPA: ˈaʊtwɝd
noun
- A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
verb
- (obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.
adjective
- outer; located towards the outside
- visible, noticeable
- Tending to the exterior or outside.
- (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
adverb
- Towards the outside; away from the centre.
- (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
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Examples of "outward" in Sentences
- The only time we may listen to of someone being shot from outward is if a an accident.
- Each time he took a specimen, faint concentric waves appeared to ripple outward from the site.
- On the asphalt, yellow stripes radiate outward from a central line, guiding our eye from one shiny machine to the next.
- Here they keep up an inward and outward wave-like movement, which is quicker and has greater force in the _outward_ direction.
- There is something that hears, sees and feels, a something that takes cognizance of what happens in what we call the outward world.
- In the 1950s, a nationwide trend towards suburbanization occurred as people moved outward from the metropolitan centers to less developed commuter suburbs.
- Who gets the wages I don't know; but I do know that this driving of crews to desert in outward ports is a common enough practice on many English sailing ships.
- Hold out one arm, say the left, straight in front at shoulder level; holding the ball in the right hand, swing the right arm outward in a full circle; toss the ball upward from under the outstretched arm, and catch with the hand that threw, palm _outward_.
- Toss the ball under the upraised knee as follows: Holding the ball in the right hand, raise the right knee upward, bent at an angle, swing the right arm in circle outward, and toss the ball upward from under the knee; that is, from the inner side of the leg; catch with the hand that threw, palm _outward_.
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