Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
northward .
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- adverb
northward ; in anortherly direction
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a northern direction
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Examples
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Arabia, to any particular province, but assigned generally to the comparatively low grounds towards the coast; and the Bedouins extend this appellation northwards as far as Yembo.
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800
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For the last years great part of the export gas is supplied to northwards, that is, to Russia which re-exports it to Europe and CIS.
unknown title 2009
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Some: Tell es-Safîyeh; others: a valley near Maresa; others, with Sept. "northwards".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,
Bloomberg 2010
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"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,
Bloomberg 2010
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"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,
Bloomberg 2010
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"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,
Bloomberg 2010
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"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,
Bloomberg 2010
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"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,
Bloomberg 2010
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"Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,
Bloomberg 2010
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