outward

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English outward, from Old English ūtweard, equivalent to out +‎ -ward

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.wɚd/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.wəd/
  • Hyphenation: out‧ward
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

outward (comparative more outward, superlative most outward)

  1. outer; located towards the outside
  2. visible, noticeable
    By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems.
  3. Tending to the exterior or outside.
    • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The fire will force its outward way.
  4. (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
    an outward war
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hayward to this entry?)
Translations

Adverb

outward (comparative more outward, superlative most outward)

  1. Towards the outside; away from the centre. [from 10thc.]
    We are outward bound.
  2. (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly. [14th-17thc.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
      :
      ANd thenne the quene lete make a preuy dyner in london vnto the knyȝtes of the round table / and al was for to shewe outward that she had as grete Ioye in al other knyghtes of the table round as she had in sir launcelot / al only at that dyner she had sir Gawayne and his bretheren
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Etymology 2

From out- +‎ ward.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aʊtˈwɔɹd/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aʊtˈwɔːd/

Verb

outward (third-person singular simple present outwards, present participle outwarding, simple past and past participle outwarded)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:
      Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard.

Etymology 3

Noun

outward (plural outwards)

  1. A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ūtweard; equivalent to out +‎ -ward.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːtward/, /ˈuːtwaːrd/

Adverb

outward

  1. outside (in the exterior)
  2. To an external location; outwards
  3. At the exterior; at a location away from one's home or homeland
  4. From an external perspective; seemingly.
  5. secularly; in a practical manner.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: outward
  • Scots: outward

References

Adjective

outward

  1. outside, outer, on the surface
  2. outward, toward the exterior
  3. Oriented towards the outside.
  4. Due to outside factors.
  5. In somewhere outside a given place or thing (especially of a country).
  6. Non-religious; lay

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Noun

outward

  1. The outside; the exterior

See also

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