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OUTWARD
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
Example:
a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections
Classified under:
Similar:
external (purely outward or superficial)
outer (located outside)
Also:
superficial (concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually)
Attribute:
outwardness (a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts))
Antonym:
inward (relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts)
Derivation:
outwardness (a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts))
outwardness (concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
That is going out or leaving
Example:
outward-bound ships
Synonyms:
outbound; outward; outward-bound
Classified under:
Similar:
outgoing (leaving a place or a position)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toward the outside
Example:
move the needle further outward!
Synonyms:
outward; outwards
Classified under:
Antonym:
inward (toward the center or interior)
Context examples:
The outward or visible aspect of a person or thing.
(Appearance, NCI Thesaurus)
It contains a very small outward acceleration term, which is particularly significant at low densities.
(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If the change be not from outward circumstances, it must be from within; it must be nature, man's nature, which has done the business for Captain Benwick.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The sloshing produces a spiral pattern of cold fronts moving outward through the cluster gas.
(Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front, NASA)
“I do not think it will,” stopping to look once more at all the outward wretchedness of the place, and recall the still greater within.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The fact that Voyager 2 may be approaching the heliopause six years after Voyager 1 is relevant, because the heliopause moves inward and outward during the Sun's 11-year activity cycle.
(NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space, NASA)
A reflex characterized by upward movement of the great toe and an outward movement of the rest of the toes, when the sole of the foot is stroked.
(Babinski Sign, NCI Thesaurus)
Our sun goes through periods of increased activity, where it explosively ejects material from its surface, flinging it outward.
(Sun sends more 'tsunami waves' to Voyager 1, NASA)
Black hole mergers generate gravitational waves because, as they orbit each other, their gravity distorts the fabric of space-time, sending ripples outward in all directions at the speed of light.
(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)
Six known objects in the distant Kuiper Belt, a region of icy bodies stretching from Neptune outward toward interstellar space, all have elliptical orbits pointing in the same direction.
(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)
