See toward on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "away from"
},
{
"word": "froward"
},
{
"word": "fromward"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "regression toward the mean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "theretoward"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheretoward"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "toward"
},
"expansion": "Middle English toward",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "tōweard"
},
"expansion": "Old English tōweard",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*tōward"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tōward",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "to",
"3": "ward"
},
"expansion": "to + -ward",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "tôwart"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German tôwart",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "toewaert"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch toewaert",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "toewaarts"
},
"expansion": "Dutch toewaarts",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "zuowart"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German zuowart",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "zuwärts"
},
"expansion": "German zuwärts",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "tilward"
},
"expansion": "Middle English tilward",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English toward, from Old English tōweard, from Proto-West Germanic *tōward, equivalent to to + -ward. Cognate with Middle Low German tôwart, Middle Dutch toewaert (Modern Dutch toewaarts), Middle High German zuowart, zūwart (Modern German zuwärts). Compare also Middle English tilward, tillward (“toward”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prepositions",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "toward",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "toward",
"name": "en-prep"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "now chiefly",
"3": "_",
"4": "US"
},
"expansion": "(now chiefly US)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"to‧ward"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She moved toward the door.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 24:1:",
"text": "[A]Nd when Balaam ſawe that it pleaſed the LORD to bleſſe Iſrael, hee went not, as at other times to ſeeke foꝛ inchantments, but hee ſet his face toward the wilderneſſe.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 1:",
"text": "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 for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Voice of America, Learning English (public domain), archived from the original on 2019-03-11:",
"roman": "China has claimed that South Korea's dust flies toward Shanghai.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the direction of."
],
"id": "en-toward-en-prep-JCjldYFc",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḥwa",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "نَحْوَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣawba",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "صَوْبَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḥyet",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "ناحية"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "depi",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "դեպի"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "pasiring"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎm",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "към"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "cap a"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "didla",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ᏗᏜ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "hoeng³",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "向"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàng",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "向"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cháo",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "朝"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǎng",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "往"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "k"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "směrem k"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "henimod"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "naar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "naartoe"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "al"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "poole"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "suunas"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "kohti"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "päin"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "vers"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mimartulebit",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "მიმართულებით"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mimart",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "მიმართ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "zu"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "in Richtung"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "nach"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with zu, postpositively used",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "auf"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "du",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "𐌳𐌿"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pros",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "προς"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prós",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-accusative"
],
"word": "πρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "el",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "אל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "l'-",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ל־"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "-ah",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"idiomatic",
"mainly"
],
"word": "־ה"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "... kī taraf",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "... की तरफ़"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "... kī or",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "... की ओर"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "felé"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "til"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "vers"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "verso"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "chuig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "chun"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "go dtí"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ionsar"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "faoi thuairim"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "verso"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "incontro"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "no hō ni",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "の方に"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ni mukatte",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "に向かって"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "chpŭəhtɨw",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ឆ្ពោះទៅ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ro",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "로"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hyanghaeseo",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "향해서"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berew",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "بەرەو"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "berev"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "werew",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "وەرەو"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-accusative"
],
"word": "ergā"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ad"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "pretī"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "pretim"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "virzienā"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "pie"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"note": "pūolõ (postposition)",
"sense": "in the direction of"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "dxʷʔal"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kon",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "кон"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ke"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "mai"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "mot"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "beh samt",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "به سمت"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ku"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "do"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "w stronę"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "w kierunku"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "a"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "rumo a"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "até"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "spre"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "către"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "k",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "к"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v napravlénii",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-dative"
],
"word": "в направле́нии"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navstréču",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-dative"
],
"word": "навстре́чу"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v stóronu",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "в сто́рону"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "prema"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "k"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ka"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "k"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "v ústrety"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "hacia"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "mot"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "till"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "patungo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùu",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "สู่"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "long"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "do",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "до"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "v náprjamku",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "в на́прямку"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "... kī taraf",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "... کی طرف"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "về phía"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "về hướng"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "lü"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 0 0",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "nei"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What are your feelings toward him?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:54:",
"text": "So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye ſhalbe euill toward his bꝛother, and toward the wife of his boſome, and towards the remnant of his childꝛen which he ſhall leaue:",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In relation to (someone or something)."
],
"id": "en-toward-en-prep-JqSHvjhZ",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 93 0 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḥū",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "نَحُو"
},
{
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"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "로"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hyanghaeseo",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "향해서"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "berew",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "بەرەو"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "berev"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "werew",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "وەرەو"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-accusative"
],
"word": "ergā"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ad"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "pretī"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "pretim"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "virzienā"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "pie"
},
{
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"note": "pūolõ (postposition)",
"sense": "in the direction of"
},
{
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "dxʷʔal"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kon",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "кон"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "mai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ki"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "mot"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "beh samt",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "به سمت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ku"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "do"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "w stronę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "w kierunku"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "a"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "rumo a"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "até"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "spre"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "către"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "k",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v napravlénii",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-dative"
],
"word": "в направле́нии"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navstréču",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-dative"
],
"word": "навстре́чу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v stóronu",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
],
"word": "в сто́рону"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "prema"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "k"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "ka"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "k"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "v ústrety"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "hacia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "mot"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "till"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "patungo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùu",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "สู่"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "long"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "do",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "до"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "v náprjamku",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "в на́прямку"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "... kī taraf",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "... کی طرف"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "về phía"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "về hướng"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "lü"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "in the direction of",
"word": "nei"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḥū",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "نَحُو"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḥyet",
"sense": "in relation to",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "ناحية"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nkatmamb",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "նկատմամբ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "za",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "за"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otnosno",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "относно"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "sobre"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "en relació a"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "envers"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "vers"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "關於"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "guaan¹ jy¹",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "关于"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "關於"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guānyú",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "关于"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "vůči"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "kohtaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "envers"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mimart",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "მიმართ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "zu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"raw_tags": [
"used postpositively"
],
"sense": "in relation to",
"tags": [
"sometimes"
],
"word": "gegenüber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "bezüglich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "hinsichtlich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pros",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "προς"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "benogéa le-",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "בנוגע ל־"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "iránt"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "terhadap"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "maidir le"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "verso"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ni",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "に"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ni taishite",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "に対して"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...e gwanhayeo",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "...에 관하여"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "angående"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "o"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "odnośnie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "para com"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "o",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "о"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otnositelʹno",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "относительно"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "sobre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "hacia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "angående"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "rörande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "om"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gàp",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "กับ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ščódo",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "що́до"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in relation to",
"word": "về"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "li-ʔajl",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "لِأَجْل"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕašān",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "عشان"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hamar",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "համար"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "za",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "за"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "per"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "per a"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "為了"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "wai⁶ liu⁵",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "为了"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "為了"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wèile",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "为了"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "na"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "henimod"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "varten"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "pour"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "für"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "um"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "zwecks"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gia",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "για"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "lemáan",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "למען"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "-ra"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "-re"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "céljából"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "le haghaidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "faoi thuairim"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "per"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"english": "no tame ni",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "のために"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...eul wihae",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "...을 위해"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "på grunn av"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "na"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "para"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "на"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "para"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "för"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "till"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pʉ̂ʉa",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "เพื่อ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "cho"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "for the purpose of",
"word": "để"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "biqurb",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "بِقُرْب"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔurāyeb men",
"sense": "located near",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "قريب من"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mot",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "մոտ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "okolo",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "около"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "對"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "doey³",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "对"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "對"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duì",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "对"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "poblíž"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "blízko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "lähellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "päin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "près de"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "so um"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "gegen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "[in] Richtung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pros",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "προς"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "bekirvát",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "בקרבת"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "leyád",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "ליד"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "felé"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "környékén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "közelében"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "ag tarraingt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "presso"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "no chikaku ni",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "の近くに"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jjok",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "쪽"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "koło"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "por"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okolo",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "около"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "hacia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "vid"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glâi",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "ใกล้"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gʉ̀ʉap",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "เกือบ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "located near",
"word": "gần"
}
],
"word": "toward"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "untoward"
}
],
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"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English prepositions",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
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