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[preposition tawrd, tohrd, tuh-wawrd, twawrd, twohrd; adjective tawrd, tohrd]
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preposition Also to·wards.

adjective

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against, almost, approaching, facing, for, moving, nearing, nearly, proceeding, to, via, contra, fronting, about, apropos, regarding, anent, re

Origin of toward

before 900; Middle English; Old English tōweard. See to, -ward
Related formsto·ward·ness, noun
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towards

preposition

in the direction or vicinity oftowards London
with regard toher feelings towards me
as a contribution or help tomoney towards a new car
just beforetowards one o'clock
Irish in comparison withit's no work towards having to do it by hand
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toward

adjective (ˈtəʊəd)

rare in progress; afoot
obsolete about to happen; imminent
obsolete promising or favourable

preposition (təˈwɔːd, tɔːd)

a variant of towards
Derived Formstowardness, noun

Word Origin for toward

Old English tōweard; see to, -ward
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Word Origin and History for towards

toward

Old English toweard "in the direction of," prepositional use of toweard (adj.) "coming, approaching," from to (see to) + -weard, from Proto-Germanic *-warth, from PIE *wert "turn" (see -ward). Towards with adverbial genitive ending, was in Old English as toweards.

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Idioms and Phrases with towards

toward

see go a long way toward.

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