"-ward" meaning in English

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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-waarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-wärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "-a",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "־ה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "l'-",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "ל־"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-felé"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "lang_code": "nv",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-jigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-ie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-o"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-åt"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "ar-",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "אַר־"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "forming adjectives",
      "word": "-waarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forming adjectives",
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "forming adjectives",
      "word": "-y"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "forming adjectives",
      "word": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ward"
}