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-ward

 
a native English suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified by the initial element: toward; seaward; afterward; backward.
Also, -wards.

Origin:
ME; OE -weard towards; c. G -wärts; akin to L vertere to turn (see verse )
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Language Translation for : -ward
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-ward or -wards  
suff.  
    1. In a specified direction in time or space: downward.
    2. Toward a specified place or position: skyward.
    3. Occurring or situated in a specified direction: leftward.
    4. Having a direction toward a specified place or position: landward.
    1. Occurring or situated in a specified direction: leftward.
    2. Having a direction toward a specified place or position: landward.


[Middle English, from Old English -weard; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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-ward 
adv. suffix expressing direction, O.E. -weard "toward," lit. "turned toward," sometimes -weardes, with genitive singular ending of neuter adjectives, from P.Gmc. *warth (cf. O.S., O.Fris. -ward, O.N. -verðr), variant of PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (see versus). The original notion is of "turned toward."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Ward County, ND (county, FIPS 101) Location: 48.22425 N, 101.54520 W
Population (1990): 57921 (23585 housing units)
Area: 5213.6 sq km (land), 112.3 sq km (water)

Ward County, TX (county, FIPS 475) Location: 31.51053 N, 103.10151 W
Population (1990): 13115 (5365 housing units)
Area: 2164.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)

Ward, AL Zip code(s): 36922

Ward, AR (city, FIPS 73130) Location: 35.01886 N, 91.95503 W
Population (1990): 1269 (506 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72176

Ward, CO (town, FIPS 82735) Location: 40.07250 N, 105.51128 W
Population (1990): 159 (100 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80481

Ward, SC (town, FIPS 74590) Location: 33.85719 N, 81.73232 W
Population (1990): 132 (59 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29166

Ward, SD (town, FIPS 68660) Location: 44.15536 N, 96.46079 W
Population (1990): 35 (22 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57074

La Ward, TX (city, FIPS 41848) Location: 28.84761 N, 96.46538 W
Population (1990): 162 (76 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Seth Ward, TX (CDP, FIPS 66848) Location: 34.21366 N, 101.69040 W
Population (1990): 1402 (471 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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-ward

Aft"er*wards\, Afterward \Aft"er*ward\, adv. [AS. [ae]fteweard, a., behind. See Aft, and -ward (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending.] At a later or succeeding time.

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