-WARDS


Meaning of -WARDS in English

-wards /wədz $ wərdz/ BrE AmE ( also -ward especially American English ) suffix [in adverbs]

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: -weardes , from -weard ; ⇨ ↑ -ward ]

towards a particular direction or place:

We’re travelling northwards.

look skywards

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.