Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - 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