Toward

Definition

towards /tǝ'wↄ:dz; US tↄ:rdz/ (also toward /tǝ'wↄ:d; US tↄ:rd/ ) prep ၁။ ဆီ။ ဆီသို႔။ walk towards the river ❍ look out towards the sea ❍ He came running towards me. ❍ She had her back towards the door. ၂။ ဆီ။ ဆီသို႔။ a first step towards political unity ❍ make progress towards (reaching) an agreement. ၃။ ကို။ အေပၚ။ He has a rather patronizing attitude towards younger people. ❍ The local people are always very friendly towards tourists. ၄။ အတြက္။ The money will go towards (the cost of) a new school. ❍ £30 a month from your salary goes towards a pension fund. ၅။ … ပိုင္းေရာက္လာလွ်င္။ (ဇရာ) ပိုင္းခ်င္း နင္းလ်က္။ It gets cooler towards evening. ❍ He's getting towards retirement age.

Examples

1. A stream of traffic speeding towards West London
2. I saw Joanna hurrying towards me along the drive.
3. Victor was standing with his back towards me.
4. She directed a brief glance towards Peter.
5. A path leading towards the river
6. He’s not feeling very friendly towards you at the moment.
7. The Church’s attitude towards divorce
8. International policy towards Iraq
9. Progress towards European unity
10. Not much has been done towards improving safety.
11. I’ll phone you some time towards the end of the week.
12. It was towards midnight when finally she sent the children off to bed.
13. Caroline’s name appeared towards the bottom of the list.
14. Towards the edge of the wood there were patches of yellow primroses.
15. I would be happy to contribute towards the cost of the petrol.