This advice of yours will go a long way toward solving the problem.
Source: tatoeba (17387)
Toward
//təˈwɔːd//
Synonyms for "toward" (56 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
215 translations across 62 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρός prep (in the direction of)
Arabic
4 entries- بِقُرْب prep (located near)
- صَوْبَ prep (in the direction of)
- عشان prep (for the purpose of)
- قريب من prep (located near)
Armenian
4 entries- դեպի prep (in the direction of)
- համար prep (for the purpose of)
- մոտ prep (located near)
- նկատմամբ prep (in relation to)
Bikol Central
1 entries- pasiring prep (in the direction of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- за prep (in relation to)
- за prep (for the purpose of)
- към prep (in the direction of)
- около prep (located near)
Catalan
4 entries- cap a prep (in the direction of)
- en relació a prep (in relation to)
- envers prep (in relation to)
- per prep (for the purpose of)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بەرەو prep (in the direction of)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏗᏜ prep (in the direction of)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 向 prep (in the direction of)
- 對 /对 prep (located near)
- 為了 /为了 prep (for the purpose of)
- 關於 /关于 prep (in relation to)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 向 prep (in the direction of)
- 對 /对 prep (located near)
- 往 prep (in the direction of)
- 朝 prep (in the direction of)
Czech
4 entries- blízko prep (located near)
- k prep (in the direction of)
- na prep (for the purpose of)
- poblíž prep (located near)
Danish
2 entries- henimod prep (in the direction of)
- henimod prep (for the purpose of)
Dutch
2 entries- naar prep (in the direction of)
- naartoe prep (in the direction of)
Esperanto
1 entries- al prep (in the direction of)
Estonian
2 entries- poole prep (in the direction of)
- suunas prep (in the direction of)
Finnish
4 entries- kohtaan prep (in relation to)
- kohti prep (in the direction of)
- lähellä prep (located near)
- päin prep (in the direction of)
French
4 entries- envers prep (in relation to)
- pour prep (for the purpose of)
- près de prep (located near)
- vers prep (in the direction of)
Georgian
3 entries- მიმართ prep (in the direction of)
- მიმართ prep (in relation to)
- მიმართულებით prep (in the direction of)
German
4 entries- [in] Richtung prep (located near)
- auf prep (in the direction of)
- bezüglich prep (in relation to)
- für prep (for the purpose of)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐌿 prep (in the direction of)
Greek
4 entries- για prep (for the purpose of)
- προς prep (in the direction of)
- προς prep (in relation to)
- προς prep (located near)
Hebrew
4 entries- ־ה prep (in the direction of)
- אל prep (in the direction of)
- בְּנוֹגֵעַ לְ־ prep (in relation to)
- בקרבת prep (located near)
Hindi
2 entries- ... की ओर prep (in the direction of)
- ... की तरफ़ prep (in the direction of)
Hungarian
4 entries- céljából prep (for the purpose of)
- felé prep (in the direction of)
- felé prep (located near)
- iránt prep (in relation to)
Icelandic
1 entries- til prep (in the direction of)
Ido
1 entries- vers prep (in the direction of)
Indonesian
1 entries- terhadap prep (in relation to)
Interlingua
1 entries- verso prep (in the direction of)
Irish
4 entries- ag tarraingt prep (located near)
- chuig prep (in the direction of)
- chun prep (in the direction of)
- faoi chomhair prep (for the purpose of)
Italian
4 entries- incontro prep (in the direction of)
- per prep (for the purpose of)
- presso prep (located near)
- verso prep (in the direction of)
Japanese
4 entries- に prep (in relation to)
- に向かって prep (in the direction of)
- に対して prep (in relation to)
- のために prep (for the purpose of)
Khmer
1 entries- ឆ្ពោះទៅ prep (in the direction of)
Korean
4 entries- ...에 관하여 prep (in relation to)
- ...을 위해 prep (for the purpose of)
- 로 prep (in the direction of)
- 쪽 prep (located near)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- утуру prep (in the direction of)
Latin
2 entries- ad prep (in the direction of)
- ergā prep (in the direction of)
Latvian
4 entries- pie prep (in the direction of)
- pretim prep (in the direction of)
- pretī prep (in the direction of)
- virzienā prep (in the direction of)
Livonian
1 entries- pūolõ prep (in the direction of)
Lushootseed
1 entries- dxʷʔal prep (in the direction of)
Macedonian
1 entries- кон prep (in the direction of)
Malay
1 entries- ke prep (in the direction of)
Māori
2 entries- ki prep (in the direction of)
- mai prep (in the direction of)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- berev prep (in the direction of)
Norwegian
3 entries- angående prep (in relation to)
- mot prep (in the direction of)
- på grunn av prep (for the purpose of)
Persian
1 entries- به سمت prep (in the direction of)
Polish
4 entries- do prep (in the direction of)
- koło prep (located near)
- ku prep (in the direction of)
- na prep (for the purpose of)
Portuguese
4 entries- a prep (in the direction of)
- até prep (in the direction of)
- para prep (for the purpose of)
- para com prep (in relation to)
Romanian
2 entries- către prep (in the direction of)
- spre prep (in the direction of)
Russian
4 entries- в направле́нии prep (in the direction of)
- в сто́рону prep (in the direction of)
- к prep (in the direction of)
- на prep (for the purpose of)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- k prep (in the direction of)
- ka prep (in the direction of)
- prema prep (in the direction of)
Slovak
2 entries- k prep (in the direction of)
- v ústrety prep (in the direction of)
Southern Altai
2 entries- удура prep (in the direction of)
- удуру prep (in the direction of)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- وەرەو prep (in the direction of)
Spanish
4 entries- hacia prep (in the direction of)
- hacia prep (in relation to)
- hacia prep (located near)
- para prep (for the purpose of)
Swedish
4 entries- angående prep (in relation to)
- för prep (for the purpose of)
- mot prep (in the direction of)
- om prep (in relation to)
Tagalog
1 entries- patungo prep (in the direction of)
Thai
4 entries- กับ prep (in relation to)
- สู่ prep (in the direction of)
- เกือบ prep (located near)
- เพื่อ prep (for the purpose of)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- long prep (in the direction of)
Ukrainian
3 entries- в на́прямку prep (in the direction of)
- до prep (in the direction of)
- що́до prep (in relation to)
Urdu
1 entries- ... کی طرف prep (in the direction of)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cho prep (for the purpose of)
- gần prep (located near)
- về prep (in relation to)
- về hướng prep (in the direction of)
Volapük
1 entries- lü prep (in the direction of)
West-Frisian
1 entries- nei prep (in the direction of)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The children ran toward the classroom.
Source: tatoeba (19037)
A gigantic bird came flying toward him.
Source: tatoeba (19395)
Everybody took a hostile attitude toward illegal aliens.
Source: tatoeba (22130)
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