towards
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
towards /təˈwɔːdz, twɔːdz, ˈtɔːdz/ (chiefly N. Amer. also toward)
▶preposition
- 1 in the direction of.
- 2 getting nearer to (a time or goal).
- 3 in relation to.
- 4 contributing to the cost of.
'towards' also found in these Oxford entries:
a-
- aback
- abeyance
- accelerate
- accident
- acclivity
- accurate
- accuse
- across
- address
- adduce
- adduct
- adjuvant
- afferent
- affluent
- aft
- aggregate
- aggression
- ahimsa
- aid
- allude
- alluvion
- alluvium
- antagonist
- anteroposterior
- appear
- apprehend
- array
- arrears
- aspirant
- aspire
- assent
- assume
- astern
- attorney
- attraction
- auction bridge
- avuncular
- away
- baby
- back
- backcomb
- backhoe
- backing
- backwards
- base
- basin
- basipetal
- battue
- beatification
