Note: in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use 'outward'
1.
If something moves or faces ~, it moves or faces away from the place you are in or the place you are talking about.
The top door opened ~...
? inwards
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2.
If you say that a person or a group of people, such as a government, looks ~, 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...
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