outward

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English

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Etymology 1

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

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Adjective

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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.
  4. (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine.
    • 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:
      an outward war
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Adverb

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outward (comparative more outward, superlative most outward)

  1. Towards the outside; away from the centre. [from 10th c.]
    We are outward bound.
  2. (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly. [14th–17th c.]
    • 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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  3. (nautical) Away from home.
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Etymology 2

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From out-ward.

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Verb

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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.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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outward (plural outwards)

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

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English ūtweard; equivalent to out-ward.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuːtward/, /ˈuːtwaːrd/

Adverb

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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.

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  • English: outward
  • Scots: outward

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Adjective

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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

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outward

  1. The outside; the exterior

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