"homewards" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|homwardes}} Middle English homwardes, {{inh|en|ang|hāmweardes}} Old English hāmweardes, {{suffix|en|home|wards}} home + -wards, {{cog|nl|heimwaarts}} Dutch heimwaarts, {{cog|de|heimwärts|t=homewards}} German heimwärts (“homewards”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} homewards (not comparable)
  1. Leading toward home. Tags: not-comparable Translations (leading toward home): дадо́му (dadómu) (Belarusian), 回家 (huíjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), domů (Czech), heemwaarts (Dutch), huiswaarts (Dutch), heim (Faroese), kotiin (Finnish), kotiin päin (Finnish), kotia kohti (Finnish), à la maison (French), nach Hause (German), heim (German), heimwärts (German), הביתה (habáyta) (Hebrew), hazafelé (Hungarian), haza (Hungarian), abhaile (Irish), 家へ向かって (uchi e mukatte) (alt: うちへむかって) (Japanese), hjemover [adverb] (Norwegian Bokmål), heim (Old Norse), wigwomwok (Penobscot), do domu (Polish), para casa (Portuguese), a chasa [Rumantsch-Grischun, Vallander] (Romansch), a casa [Sursilvan] (Romansch), a tgea (Romansch), a tgeasa [Sutsilvan] (Romansch), a tgesa [Surmiran] (Romansch), a chesa [Puter] (Romansch), восвоя́си (vosvojási) (Russian), домо́й (domój) (Russian), hame-throu (Scots), dhachaigh (Scottish Gaelic), кући (Serbo-Croatian), kući (Serbo-Croatian), domov (Slovak), domôv (Slovene), hemåt (Swedish), eve (Turkish), додо́му (dodómu) (Ukrainian), adref (Welsh), adre (Welsh), אַהיים (aheym) (Yiddish)
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Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|homwardes}} Middle English homwardes, {{inh|en|ang|hāmweardes}} Old English hāmweardes, {{suffix|en|home|wards}} home + -wards, {{cog|nl|heimwaarts}} Dutch heimwaarts, {{cog|de|heimwärts|t=homewards}} German heimwärts (“homewards”) Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} homewards
  1. towards home
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          "roman": "dadómu",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "à la maison"
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "roman": "habáyta",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "roman": "uchi e mukatte",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "家へ向かって"
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "do domu"
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "roman": "vosvojási",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "восвоя́си"
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          "roman": "domój",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "hame-throu"
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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      },
      "expansion": "German heimwärts (“homewards”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "At the end of the day we gratefully set off in a homewards direction."
        }
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        "Leading toward home."
      ],
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          "toward",
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        ],
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dadómu",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "дадо́му"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huíjiā",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "回家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "domů"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "heemwaarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "huiswaarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "heim"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "kotiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "kotiin päin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "kotia kohti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "à la maison"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "nach Hause"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "heim"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "heimwärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "habáyta",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "הביתה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "hazafelé"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "haza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "abhaile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うちへむかって",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uchi e mukatte",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "家へ向かって"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "hjemover"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "heim"
    },
    {
      "code": "aaq",
      "lang": "Penobscot",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "wigwomwok"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "do domu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "para casa"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "tags": [
        "Rumantsch-Grischun",
        "Vallander"
      ],
      "word": "a chasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "tags": [
        "Sursilvan"
      ],
      "word": "a casa"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "a tgea"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "tags": [
        "Sutsilvan"
      ],
      "word": "a tgeasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "tags": [
        "Surmiran"
      ],
      "word": "a tgesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "tags": [
        "Puter"
      ],
      "word": "a chesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosvojási",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "восвоя́си"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domój",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "домо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "hame-throu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "dhachaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "кући"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "kući"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "domov"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "domôv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "hemåt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "eve"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dodómu",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "додо́му"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "adref"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "adre"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aheym",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "אַהיים"
    }
  ],
  "word": "homewards"
}

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    "Terms with Welsh translations",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "heimwärts",
        "t": "homewards"
      },
      "expansion": "German heimwärts (“homewards”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're now heading homewards."
        }
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        "towards home"
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}

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