/təˈwɔːdz/
Translation
In the direction of someone or something. American English usually writes toward, with no s.
Word origin
From Old English toweard, built from to plus the ending -weard, meaning facing that way.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- toweard
Examples
.
"Towards" shows the direction, not that she got there.
.
Here it shows which way he turned.
American s.
Both spellings mean exactly the same thing.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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