Definition/Meaning of toward

• English - Preposition: toward ( mainly in American English ) In the direction of . She moved toward the door . Bible , Numbers xxiv . 1 He set his face toward the wilderness . 1914 , Louis Joseph Vance , Nobody , chapter III: Turning back , then , toward the basement staircase , she began to grope her way through blinding darkness , but had taken only a few uncertain steps when , of a sudden , she stopped short and…
• English - Adjective: toward ( not comparable ) ( obsolete ) Future; to come . 1590 , Edmund Spenser , The Faerie Queene , II .iv: ere that wished day his beame disclosd, / He either enuying my toward good , / Or of himselfe to treason ill disposd / One day vnto me came in friendly mood [...]. ( dated ) Approaching , coming near; impending; present , at hand . Shakespeare Do you hear aught , sir , of a battle toward…
• English - Etymology: From Old English tōweard , equivalent to to +‎ -ward
• English - Pronunciation: ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key) : /təˈwɔːd/ ( General American ) IPA (key) : /twɔːɹd/ , /tɔː(ə)ɹd/ Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d , -wɔːd Hyphenation: to‧ward