"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, {{m|enm|hamwardes}} hamwardes, {{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)
    Sense id: en-homewards-en-adj-mgNq0A1G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wards Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wards: 100 0

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, {{m|enm|hamwardes}} hamwardes, {{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
    Sense id: en-homewards-en-adv-rsXI8rIP

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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "heim"
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "code": "he",
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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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          "roman": "vosvojási",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "domój",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "домо́й"
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          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "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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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
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        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "eve"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dodómu",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "додо́му"
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "leading toward home",
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        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "leading toward home",
          "word": "adre"
        },
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "aheym",
          "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",
      "word": "heim"
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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",
      "word": "para casa"
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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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      "roman": "vosvojási",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "восвоя́си"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domój",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "домо́й"
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      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "hame-throu"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "dhachaigh"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "кући"
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      "sense": "leading toward home",
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      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "domov"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "domôv"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leading toward home",
      "word": "hemåt"
    },
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      "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"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms suffixed with -wards",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "homwardes"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English homwardes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "hamwardes"
      },
      "expansion": "hamwardes",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hāmweardes"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hāmweardes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "home",
        "3": "wards"
      },
      "expansion": "home + -wards",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heimwaarts"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch heimwaarts",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "heimwärts",
        "t": "homewards"
      },
      "expansion": "German heimwärts (“homewards”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "homewards",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're now heading homewards."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "towards home"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "towards",
          "towards"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "homewards"
}

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