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