n.
Variant: or -wards
Function: adverb suffix
Etymology: -ward from Middle English, from Old English -weard, from -weard, adjective suffix; -wards from Middle English, from Old English -weardes, genitive singular neuter of -weard, adjective suffix
1 : in a (specified) spatial or temporal direction <up ward > <after ward >
2 : toward a (specified) point, position, or area <earth ward >