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toward
[ preposition tawrd, tohrd, tuh-wawrd, twawrd, twohrd; adjective tawrd, tohrd ]
preposition
- in the direction of:
to walk toward the river.
- with a view to obtaining or having; for:
They're saving money toward a new house.
- in the area or vicinity of; near:
Our cabin is toward the top of the hill.
- turned to; facing:
Her back was toward me.
- shortly before; close to:
toward midnight.
- as a help or contribution to:
to give money toward a person's expenses.
- with respect to; as regards:
his attitude toward women.
adjective
- about to come soon; imminent.
- going on; in progress; afoot:
There is work toward.
- propitious; favorable.
- Obsolete.
- promising or apt, as a student.
- compliant; docile.
toward
adjective
- rare.in progress; afoot
- obsolete.about to happen; imminent
- obsolete.promising or favourable
preposition
- a variant of towards
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǷɲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٴ·ɲn noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of toward1
Idioms and Phrases
see go a long way toward .Example Sentences
Sitting toward the back of the ballroom was a couple looking around anxiously.
“If one person doesn’t get due process, none of us do!” a woman toward the back of the room shouted.
And if Ukraine falls, owing to Trump’s disfavor toward Volodymyr Zelensky and appeasement of Vladimir Putin’s demand for territory, some European leaders—at least until they build up their own defenses—will be seeking self-protection deals as well.
As Nacua walks away, teammate Adonis Alexander can be seen pointing at the fan and speaking toward him.
“Cry” and cries aside, her work is in and out of revival, while John Coltrane’s is a cultural metronome such that even his inaccessible-for-some late-period recordings and live performances — during which he squealed and screamed his way toward another realm of psalm — are embraced by critics and jazz fans who dismiss the jazz avant-garde, his free playing their only exemption.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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