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outward en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• out'wəd (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈaʊt.wɚd/ (General-American)
• /ˈaʊt.wəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• out'wərd (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Outer; located towards the outside.
2. Visible, noticeable.
   • Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be, If outward habit Iudge the inward man. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
   • 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.
   • The fire will force its outward way. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Sigismond and Guiscardo”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
4. (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
   • an outward war a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

outwardmost

Translations (20)

la exter (outer; located towards the outside) · sv yttre (outer; located towards the outside) · mi ki waho (outer; located towards the outside) · ru вне́шний (outer; located towards the outside) · la externus (outer; located towards the outside) · hy արտաքին (outer; located towards the outside) · de äußere (outer; located towards the outside) · ka გარეთკენ (outer; located towards the outside) · fi ulompi (outer; located towards the outside) · fr externe (outer; located towards the outside) · ro în afara (outer; located towards the outside) · ka გარეშე (outer; located towards the outside) · mi mōwaho (outer; located towards the outside) · es externo (outer; located towards the outside) · ru нару́жный (outer; located towards the outside) · ka გარეგანი (outer; located towards the outside) · bg външен (outer; located towards the outside) · es exterior (outer; located towards the outside) · mk надво́решен (outer; located towards the outside) · ka გარე (outer; located towards the outside)

outward en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• out'wəd (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈaʊt.wɚd/ (General-American)
• /ˈaʊt.wəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• out'wərd (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Towards the outside; away from the centre.
   • We are outward bound.
   • The wrong side may be turned outward. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
2. (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.
   • 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 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
3. Away from home.

Forms

Antonyms

inward · inwards

Deriveds

outwardness · outward-looking

Synonyms

outwards

Translations (13)

sv yttre (toward the outside; away from the centre) · mk на́надвор (toward the outside; away from the centre) · ru нару́жу (toward the outside; away from the centre) · ga amach (toward the outside; away from the centre) · mi ki waho (toward the outside; away from the centre) · fi ulospäin (toward the outside; away from the centre) · ja 外へ (toward the outside; away from the centre) · mi whakawaho (toward the outside; away from the centre) · de nach außen (toward the outside; away from the centre) · cmn 向外 (toward the outside; away from the centre) · fr vers l'extérieur (toward the outside; away from the centre) · bg навън (toward the outside; away from the centre) · ka გარეთკენ (toward the outside; away from the centre)

outward en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /aʊtˈwɔɹd/ (General-American)
• /aʊtˈwɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English ward English outward From out- + ward.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out.
   • Ne any armour could his dint out-ward; / But wheresoever it did light, it throughly shard. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

outward en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

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

Forms