-wards

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See also: wards and -ward

English

Etymology

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From Middle English [Term?], from Old English -weardes, a variant of -weard; see -ward and -s for more.

Pronunciation

  • (unstressed)
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  • (stressed, in the word "toward" only)
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /wɔːdz/
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Suffix

-wards

  1. Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

Usage notes

  • The choice between -ward and -wards is individual or dialectal; both are widely used.
  • Adverbs ending in -wards (Anglo-Saxon -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since Old English sithens, etc., originated as genitive forms used adverbially.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -wards

Translations

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