Zionwardsadverb
Factsheet
What does the adverb Zionwards mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adverb Zionwards. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adverb Zionwards?
| 1800 | 0.0021 |
| 1810 | 0.0032 |
| 1820 | 0.0038 |
| 1830 | 0.0045 |
| 1840 | 0.0055 |
| 1850 | 0.0058 |
| 1860 | 0.0059 |
| 1870 | 0.0054 |
| 1880 | 0.0048 |
| 1890 | 0.0038 |
| 1900 | 0.0029 |
| 1910 | 0.0019 |
| 1920 | 0.0015 |
| 1930 | 0.0013 |
| 1940 | 0.0012 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0009 |
| 1970 | 0.0007 |
| 1980 | 0.0006 |
| 1990 | 0.0007 |
| 2000 | 0.0006 |
| 2010 | 0.0006 |
How is the adverb Zionwards pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adverb Zionwards come from?
Earliest known use
late 1600s
The earliest known use of the adverb Zionwards is in the late 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zionwards is from 1674, in the writing of C. Marshall.
Zionwards is formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: Zion n., ‑wards suffix.
Nearby entries
- Zinoviev letter, n.1924–
- Zion, n.Old English–
- Zion Curtain, n.1951–
- Zioner, n.1681–1760
- Zionism, n.1896–
- Zionist, n. & adj.a1649–
- Zionistic, adj.1887–
- Zionite, n.1596–
- Zionless, adj.1908
- Zionward, adv.1647–
- Zionwards, adv.1674–
- zip, n.² & adj.1900–
- zip, n.³1962–
- zip, n.⁴1968–
- zip, v.¹1852–
- zip, v.²1964–
- zip, int. & n.¹1678–
- zip-a-dee-doo-dah, int. & adj.1945–
- zip code, n.1962–
- zip-code, v.1962–
- zip-coded, adj.1963–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1674–Towards or in the direction of an idealized place or society (see Zion n. 2a); esp. heavenwards; = Zionward adv.
- 1674
God Almighty preserve all the Travellers Zionwards to the End.
C. Marshall, Way of Life revealed & Way of Death Discovered 28 - 1861
The faces of all are Zionwards.
J. Edmond, Children's Church at Home xxi. 325 - 1984
Bro. Alan Plail and Sis. Jocelyn Coombe were united in marriage on May 12, with our best wishes on their united walk Zionwards.
Christadelphian September 350/1
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
Frequency
Zionwards typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Zionwards is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of Zionwards, adv., 1800–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1800 | 0.0021 |
| 1810 | 0.0032 |
| 1820 | 0.0038 |
| 1830 | 0.0045 |
| 1840 | 0.0055 |
| 1850 | 0.0058 |
| 1860 | 0.0059 |
| 1870 | 0.0054 |
| 1880 | 0.0048 |
| 1890 | 0.0038 |
| 1900 | 0.0029 |
| 1910 | 0.0019 |
| 1920 | 0.0015 |
| 1930 | 0.0013 |
| 1940 | 0.0012 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0009 |
| 1970 | 0.0007 |
| 1980 | 0.0006 |
| 1990 | 0.0007 |
| 2000 | 0.0006 |
| 2010 | 0.0006 |