-WARD


Meaning of -WARD in English

(also less frequent -wards ) suffix

(in adjectives) in the direction of :

backward

eastward

homeward

►  -wards (also -ward especially in NAmE ) (in adverbs):

onwards

forwards

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English -weard , from a Germanic base meaning turn.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.