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 protuberance is curved outwards and upwards.
- The centrifugal force is the outward acting force.
- The outward facing edges of the fins are serrated.
- The tapes resist the outward movement of the columns.
- There is an outward protrusion in the rim to the south.
- The area is rich in all the outward trappings of democracy.
- The cabin is offset to the left of the train facing outwards.
- The faces of the stone voussoirs of the arches are projected outward.
- The contrivance consists of an outward cylinder and an inward cylinder.
- The asci elongate into the ostiole, and discharge the ascospores outward.
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