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Definition of -ward suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ward

suffix
 
/wəd/
 
/wərd/
(also less frequent -wards)
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  1. (in adjectives) in the direction of
    • backward
    • eastward
    • homeward
    Word OriginOld English -weard, from a Germanic base meaning ‘turn’.
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