transcription, транскрипция: [ təwɔ:(r)dz, AM tɔ:rdz ]
or toward
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'towards' is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘count towards’ and ‘lean towards’.
1.
If you move, look, or point towards something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction.
Caroline leant across the table towards him...
Anne left Artie and walked down the corridor towards the foyer...
When he looked towards me, I smiled and waved...
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2.
If things develop towards a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen.
The talks made little evident progress towards agreement...
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3.
If you have a particular attitude towards something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them.
It’s the business of the individual to determine his own attitude towards religion...
Not everyone in the world will be kind and caring towards you...
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4.
If something happens towards a particular time, it happens just before that time.
The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993...
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5.
If something is towards part of a place or thing, it is near that part.
The home of the Morgan family was up Gloucester Road, towards the top of the hill...
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6.
If you give money towards something, you give it to help pay for that thing.
He gave them £50,000 towards a house...
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