toward

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toward
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Meanings
preposition
  • variant of towards.
adjective
  • going on; in progress.
    E.g. is something new toward?
towards
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Meanings
preposition
  • in the direction of.
    E.g. they drove towards the German frontier
  • expressing the relation between behaviour or an attitude and the person or thing at which it is directed or with which it is concerned.
    E.g. he was warm and tender towards her
  • contributing to the cost of.
    E.g. the council provided a grant towards the cost of new buses

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