Definitions for Outward
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outwardadjective

   relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind

   "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"

2. outbound, outward, outward-boundadverb

   that is going out or leaving

   "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

3. outward, outwardsadverb

   toward the outside

   "move the needle further outward!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outwardadverb

   Towards the outside; away from the centre.

   We are outward bound.

2. outwardadverb

   Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly.

3. outwardadjective

   outer; located towards the outside

4. outwardadjective

   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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Outwardadjective

   Etymology: utweard , Saxon.

   1. External: opposed to inward.

   If these shews be not outward, which of you
   But is four Volscians? William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Oh what may man within him hide,
   Though angel on the outward side! William Shakespeare.

   He took a low’ring leave; but who can tell
   What outward hate might inward love conceal? Dryden.

   2. Extrinsick; adventitious.

   Princes have their titles for their glories,
   An outward honour, for an inward toil. William Shakespeare.

   Part in peace, and having mourn’d your sin
   For outward Eden lost, find paradise within. Dryden.

   3. Foreign, not intestine.

   It was intended to raise an outward war to join with some sedition within doors. John Hayward.

   4. Tending to the out-parts.

   The fire will force its outward way,
   Or, in the prison pent, consume the prey. Dryden.

   5. [In theology.] Carnal; corporeal; not spiritual.

   When the soul being inwardly moved to lift itself up by prayer, the outward man is surprized in some other posture; God will rather look to the inward motions of the mind, than to the outward form of the body. Brian Duppa.

2. Outwardadverb

   1. To foreign parts. As a ship outward bound.2. To the outer parts.

3. Outwardnoun

   External form.

   I do not think
   So fair an outward, and such stuff within,
   Endows a man but him. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

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1. Outward

   Outward is an open world fantasy role-playing video game developed by Canadian studio Nine Dots and published by Deep Silver. The game can be played in multiplayer both online and locally through split-screen. The game focuses on survival as well as the concept of the player being a commoner rather than a hero, and features several survival game aspects. It released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in March 2019, Google Stadia in November 2020, and for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S alongside the launch of Outward: Definitive Edition in May 2022.

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1. outward

   Outward refers to something moving or directed towards the outside or away from a central point or a specific place. It can also relate to characteristics, behaviors, or expressions that are noticeable or visible to others.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Outward

   owt′ward, adj. toward the outside: external: exterior: not inherent, adventitious: (theol.) worldly, carnal—opp. to Inward or spiritual: (B.) public.—adv. toward the exterior: away from port: to a foreign port: superficially—also Out′wards.—n. Out′ward (Shak.), external form: the outside.—adj. Out′ward-bound, bound outwards or to a foreign port.—adv. Out′wardly, in an outward manner: externally: in appearance.—n. Out′wardness.—adj. Out′ward-saint′ed, appearing outwardly to be a saint.

2. Outward

   owt-wawrd′, n. a ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outward

   A vessel is said to be entered outwards or inwards according as she is entered at the custom-house to depart for, or as having arrived from, foreign parts.

Anagrams for Outward »

1. drawout

2. outdraw

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Outward in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Outward in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Outward in a Sentence

1. Japan Post:

   In partnership with Toll we are starting a new chapter of looking outward and becoming a leading global player.

2. Russell G. Alexander:

   Life is not advancement. It is growth. It does not move upward, but expands outward, in all directions.

3. Henry Louis Mencken:

   A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition.

4. Cicero:

   Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.

5. Henry Van Dyke:

   Happiness is inward and not outward and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Outward
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Outward
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Outward
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outward
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Outward
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Outward