English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

Etymology

Old English tōweard

Preposition

toward (mainly in American English) or towards (mainly in British English)

1. In the direction of (but not necessarily arriving at).
2. In relation to (someone or something).
3. For the purpose of (attaining an aim).
4. Located close to; near (a time or place).

Derived terms

• gravitate toward

Usage notes

• Although some have tried to discern a semantic distinction between the words toward and towards, the difference is merely dialectal. Toward is more common in American English and towards is the predominant form in British English.

Translations

• Finnish: kohti
• French: vers
• Irish: chuig, chun
• Italian: verso
• Kurdish:
• Malagasy: mankany
• Mongolian: руу
• Polish: ku, do, w stronę
• Português: por volta de
• Romanian: către, spre
• Spanish: hacia

Toward (Tollard in Gaelic) is a village near Dunoon at the southern tip of the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Nearby is Castle Toward, a former country house built close to the ruined Toward Castle. Now an outdoor education centre its grounds are used as a location for the children's BBC TV series, Raven.

Toward Point has one of 18 lighthouses built by Robert Stevenson.

Toward Sailing Club provides racing, cruising and training.

Footnotes

about, across, advantageous, against, anent, as, beneficial, brave, confronting, en route to, facing, favorable, favoring, fronting, headed for, helpful, in front of, in opposition to, in passage to, in transit to, on, on route to, opposite to, over against, propitious, to, towards, up, upon, useful, versus, vis-a-vis