İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. aday olan, karşı, uysal, doğru, karşı, yönünde, yakın, çok şey vaadeden, yumuşak başlı.
2. edat, bak. toward. -e dogru, yönünde; -e dogru, sularinda; ile ilgili, -e karsi. -e doğru. e doğru. edat, bak. toward. e doğru, karşı, e karşı, e yakın, yönünde.
3. karşı, yakın; tarafına doğru, doğru, doğrultusunda; akşam üzeri, için, doğru, towards evening akşama doğru.
4. -e doğru. yönünde. sularında. ile ilgili. -e karşı.
5. bir şeye doğru.
6. e doğru.

Etymology : Middle English toward, from Old English tOweard facing, imminent, from tO, preposition, to + -weard -ward
Pronunciation : 'tO(-&)rd, 'to(-&)rd
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century

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1. prep. in the direction of; near, close to; for, intended for a specific purpose or person; with respect to, regarding. towards\to"wards\ , prep. & adv. see: toward.
2. In the direction of; to.
3. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
4. Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
5. Near; about; approaching to.
6. Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
7. See Toward.
8. Approaching; coming near.
9. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
10. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
11. to·wards in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use toward; In addition to the uses shown below, towards is used in phrasal verbs such as `count towards' and `lean towards'.
12. If you move, look, or point towards something or someone, you move, look, or point in their direction. Caroline leant across the table towards him Anne left Artie and walked down the corridor towards the foyer When he looked towards me, I smiled and waved.
13. If things develop towards a particular situation, that situation becomes nearer in time or more likely to happen. The talks made little evident progress towards agreement.
14. If you have a particular attitude towards something or someone, you have that attitude when you think about them or deal with them. It's the business of the individual to determine his own attitude towards religion Not everyone in the world will be kind and caring towards you.
15. If something happens towards a particular time, it happens just before that time. The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993.
16. If something is towards part of a place or thing, it is near that part. The home of the Morgan family was up Gloucester Road, towards the top of the hill.
17. If you give money towards something, you give it to help pay for that thing. He gave them £50,000 towards a house.