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-wards

  1. variant of -ward:

    towards; afterwards.

-wards

suffix forming adverbs

  1. See -ward
    indicating direction towards Compare -ward

    to sail shorewards

    a step backwards

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See -ward.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -wards1

Middle English; Old English -weardes, equivalent to -weard toward ( ward ) + -es -s 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -wards1

Old English -weardes towards

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