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What (who) is outwards - definition
outwards
Note: in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use 'outward'
1.
If something moves or faces outwards, it moves or faces away from the place you are in or the place you are talking about.
The top door opened outwards...
? inwards
ADV: ADV after v
2.
If you say that a person or a group of people, such as a government, looks outwards, you mean that they turn their attention to another group that they are interested in or would like greater involvement with.
Other poor countries looked outward, strengthening their ties to the economic superpowers...
ADV: ADV after v
outwards
¦ adverb chiefly Brit. towards the outside; away from the centre or a place.
Outwards
·adv ·see Outward, ·adv
II. Outwards ·adv From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.
Examples of use of outwards
1. The shockwaves reverberated outwards from the capital.
2. Eyeballs swivelled in sockets until the whites faced outwards.
3. The metal was all blown outwards and there were people inside being helped by paramedics.
4. He said: "Instead of looking outwards to the world, the EU is looking inwards, at itself.
5. The metal was all blown outwards, and there were people inside being helped by paramedics.