toward
/təˈwɔːd/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
tə - ˈwɔːd -> toward
towards /tǝ'wↄ:dz;US tↄ:rdz/ (also toward /tǝ'wↄ:d; US tↄ:rd/) prep
၁။ ဆီ။ ဆီသို့။ walk towards the river ❍ look out towards the sea ❍ He came running towards me. ❍ She had her back towards the door.
၂။ ဆီ။ ဆီသို့။ a first step towards political unity ❍ make progress towards (reaching) an agreement.
၃။ ကို။ အပေါ်။ He has a rather patronizing attitude towards younger people. ❍ The local people are always very friendly towards tourists.
၄။ အတွက်။ The money will go towards (the cost of) a new school. ❍ £30 a month from your salary goes towards a pension fund.
၅။ … ပိုင်းရောက်လာလျှင်။ (ဇရာ) ပိုင်းချင်း နင်းလျက်။ It gets cooler towards evening. ❍ He's getting towards retirement age.
- A stream of traffic speeding towards West London
- I saw Joanna hurrying towards me along the drive.
- Victor was standing with his back towards me.
- She directed a brief glance towards Peter.
- A path leading towards the river
- He’s not feeling very friendly towards you at the moment.
- The Church’s attitude towards divorce
- International policy towards Iraq
- Progress towards European unity
- Not much has been done towards improving safety.
- I’ll phone you some time towards the end of the week.
- It was towards midnight when finally she sent the children off to bed.
- Caroline’s name appeared towards the bottom of the list.
- Towards the edge of the wood there were patches of yellow primroses.
- I would be happy to contribute towards the cost of the petrol.
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