"towardes" meaning in Middle English

See towardes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /toˈwardɛs/, /toːˈwardɛs/
Etymology: From Old English tōweardes, tōwærdes. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tōweardes}} Old English tōweardes Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} towardes, {{enm-adj}} towardes
  1. Future, forthcoming; to come.
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-adj-3ZZPOppZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English prepositions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 62 10 1 12 6 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Middle English prepositions: 21 9 7 19 17 14 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 8 1 9 12 10 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 10 1 3 5 2 1 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: towardys [adjective, adverb], towardis [adjective, adverb] Synonyms (preposition): towardys, towardis, towards, towardus, touwardes, twowardis, twowardys
Disambiguation of 'preposition': 5 14 19 16 5 13 22 6

Adverb

IPA: /toˈwardɛs/, /toːˈwardɛs/
Etymology: From Old English tōweardes, tōwærdes. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tōweardes}} Old English tōweardes Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} towardes
  1. In a forward direction; forth. Related terms: toward, towardly
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-adv-sxYEpXdl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: towardys [adjective, adverb], towardis [adjective, adverb] Synonyms (preposition): towardys, towardis, towards, towardus, touwardes, twowardis, twowardys
Disambiguation of 'preposition': 5 14 19 16 5 13 22 6

Preposition

IPA: /toˈwardɛs/, /toːˈwardɛs/
Etymology: From Old English tōweardes, tōwærdes. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tōweardes}} Old English tōweardes Head templates: {{head|enm|preposition}} towardes
  1. In the direction of; toward.
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-prep-mqYabiae
  2. In proximity to; near, by.
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-prep-B9sq-UFb Categories (other): Middle English prepositions Disambiguation of Middle English prepositions: 21 9 7 19 17 14 4 10
  3. Approaching, growing nearer to.
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-prep--uuEdoxi Categories (other): Middle English prepositions Disambiguation of Middle English prepositions: 21 9 7 19 17 14 4 10
  4. Subject to; under the control of.
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-prep-xbUMuHDv Categories (other): Middle English prepositions Disambiguation of Middle English prepositions: 21 9 7 19 17 14 4 10
  5. Useful for; prepared for.
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-prep-5DITBxLI
  6. With regard to; concerning.
    Sense id: en-towardes-enm-prep-AZVlExLr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: towardys [adjective, adverb], towardis [adjective, adverb] Synonyms (preposition): towardys, towardis, towards, towardus, touwardes, twowardis, twowardys
Disambiguation of 'preposition': 5 14 19 16 5 13 22 6

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.