"-wards" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -wardes, from Old English -weardes, a variant of -weard; equivalent to -ward + -s (adverbial suffix).",
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        "Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in \"backwards\", \"towards\", etc."
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "forming adverbs",
          "word": "-waarts"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "forming adverbs",
          "word": "-päin"
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "forming adverbs",
          "word": "-wärts"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "-a",
          "sense": "forming adverbs",
          "word": "־ה"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "l'-",
          "sense": "forming adverbs",
          "word": "ל־"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "forming adverbs",
          "word": "-up"
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          "sense": "forming adverbs",
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      "ipa": "/wɔɹdz/",
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        "General-American"
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  "word": "-wards"
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      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-waarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-päin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-wärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-a",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "־ה"
    },
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "l'-",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "ל־"
    },
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      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-up"
    },
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      "roman": "ar-",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "אַר־"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming adjectives",
      "word": "-waarts"
    }
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