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Meaning of "sunwards" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUNWARDS

sunwards  [ˈsʌnwədz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUNWARDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sunwards is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SUNWARDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sunwards in the English dictionary

The definition of sunwards in the dictionary is towards the sun.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUNWARDS


afterwards
ˈɑːftəwədz
ass-backwards
ˌæsˈbækwədz
backwards
ˈbækwədz
downwards
ˈdaʊnwədz
eastwards
ˈiːstwədz
Edwards
ˈɛdwədz
forwards
ˈfɔːwədz
heavenwards
ˈhɛvənwədz
homewards
ˈhəʊmwədz
inwards
ˈɪnwədz
landwards
ˈlændwədz
moonwards
ˈmuːnwədz
northwards
ˈnɔːθwədz
onwards
ˈɒnwədz
outwards
ˈaʊtwədz
rearwards
ˈrɪəwədz
rightwards
ˈraɪtwədz
southwards
ˈsaʊθwədz
sternwards
ˈstɜːnwədz
upwards
ˈʌpwədz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUNWARDS

sunshine roof
Sunshine State
sunshiny
sunspecs
sunspot
sunspotted
sunstar
sunstone
sunstroke
sunstruck
sunsuit
suntan
suntan lotion
suntan oil
suntanned
suntanning
suntrap
sunup
sunward
sunwise

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUNWARDS

airwards
bend over backwards
boards
earthwards
frontwards
goalwards
hellwards
henceforwards
hitherwards
lean over backwards
leewards
leftwards
northeastwards
northwestwards
rewards
selfwards
shorewards
sidewards
southeastwards
thenceforwards
towards

Synonyms and antonyms of sunwards in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sunwards» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUNWARDS

Find out the translation of sunwards to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sunwards from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sunwards» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sunwards
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hacia el Sol
570 millions of speakers

English

sunwards
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sunwards
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sunwards
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sunwards
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sunwards
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sunwards
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vers le soleil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tenggelam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zur Sonne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sunwards
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sunwards
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Turu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sunwards
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sunwards
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुर्याच्या दिशेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sunwards
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verso il sole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sunwards
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sunwards
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sunwards
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

SUNWARDS
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonnig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sunwards
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sunwards
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sunwards

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNWARDS»

The term «sunwards» is normally little used and occupies the 146.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNWARDS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sunwards» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sunwards» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sunwards

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUNWARDS»

Discover the use of sunwards in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sunwards and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Moby Dick (or "The Whale"): The Complete & Original Classic ...
dying--the turning sunwards of the head, and so expiring-- that strange spectacle, beheld of such a placid evening, somehow to Ahab conveyed a wondrousness unknown before. “He turns and turns him to it,--how slowly, but how steadfastly, ...
HERMAN MELVILLE, 1851
2
Geoengineering of the Climate System:
This growth in mass is required to reduce the solar radiation pressure induced acceleration experienced by the disk, which would otherwise displace the equilibrium point sunwards. Similarly, as the location of the disk is displaced sunwards, ...
Roy Harrison, Ron Hester, 2014
3
Moby Dick:
... from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat. For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm whales dying--the turning sunwards of the head, and so expiring--that strange spectacle, beheld of such a ...
Herman Melville, 2013
4
Moby Dick
... the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat. For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm whales dying — the turning sunwards of the head, and so expiring — that strange spectacle, beheld of such a  ...
Herman Melville, 1892
5
Moby-Dick, Or the Whale (Middleton Classics):
... gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat. For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm whales dying—the turning sunwards of the head, and so expiring—that ...
Herman Melville, 2013
6
Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice
Several large guns rotated swiftly and trained their barrels on the Sunwards boat. Several tens of rifles rose and together took aim at the fisher- folk in the Sunwards boat. The fisherfolk scowled and faced them with cold disdain .
Thomas P. Kasulis, Roger T. Aimes, Wimal Dissanayake, 1993
7
Anthrax: Bioterror as Fact and Fantasy
tures, carry the battle for existence "sunwards." We will prevail because it is our birthright. The Plague Model of Power One could probably defend the proposition that the Iraq War represents the prelude to forthcoming battles over who will get ...
Philipp Sarasin, 2006
8
Aurora: Observing and Recording Nature's Spectacular Light Show
Measurements from the ISEE-3 satellite, stationed sunwards of the Earth around the L1 stable orbital point from 1978 to 1982, showed counterstreaming electron currents, characteristic of CMEs, ahead of all but one of the 14 most vigorous ...
Neil Bone, 2007
9
Herman Melville's Moby Dick: A Midwest Journal Writers' Club ...
... but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat. For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm whales dying—the turning sunwards of the ...
Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Midwest Journal Writers' Club
10
Moby Dick in Plain and Simple English (Includes Study Guide, ...
... unverdured seas; thou art an infidel, thou queen, and too truly speakest to me in the wideslaughtering Typhoon, and the hushed burial of its after calm. Nor has this thy whale sunwards turned his dying head, and then gone round again ...
Herman Melville, BookCaps, 2012

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUNWARDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sunwards is used in the context of the following news items.
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Διαγωνισμός με δώρο τα αντηλιακά των διακοπών σας
H νέα σειρά αντηλιακών Sunwards της Synchroline, χάρη στη συγχρονισμένη δράση μοναδικών συστατικών & πατενταρισμένων τεχνολογιών, θα καλύψει τις ... «Digital Life, Jul 14»
2
I saw an upside-down rainbow. What is it?
The centre of the bow always sunwards and red is on the outside. Les says that the most ideal time to see a circumzenithal arc is when the sun is at a height of ... «EarthSky, Jun 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sunwards [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sunwards>. Apr 2024 ».
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