towards

Definitions


[tɔːdz], (Adposition)

Definitions:
- in the direction of
(e.g: they drove towards the German frontier)

- expressing the relation between behaviour or an attitude and the person or thing at which it is directed or with which it is concerned
(e.g: he was warm and tender towards her)

- contributing to the cost of
(e.g: the council provided a grant towards the cost of new buses)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English tōweardes(see to, -ward)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries