Get to know Toward better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Toward meaning
- In the direction of.
- In relation to (someone or something).
- For the purpose of attaining (an aim).
Using Toward
- The main meaning on this page is: In the direction of. | In relation to (someone or something). | For the purpose of attaining (an aim).
- In the example corpus, toward often appears in combinations such as: toward the, toward his, and toward.
Context around Toward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Toward
- In this selection, "toward" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moving, south, frequency, tianjin, suez and cairo stand out and add context to how "toward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a turn toward the north, and more toward the gus, move toward, turn toward and moving toward. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "toward" sits close to words such as earth, france and produced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with toward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I walked slowly toward the gate like I was walking toward the gallows. (13 words)
Ed leans less toward the Tuco () end of the spectrum and more toward the Gus end. (16 words)
The water flows from Beijing toward Tianjin, from Nanwang north toward Tianjin, and from Nanwang south toward Yangzhou. (18 words)
Tesla has been piloting open Supercharging in other countries since November 2021, but in the U.S. this is an essential step toward Tesla opening up "a portion" of its network toward models using CCS—and thus claiming federal funds. (40 words)
Hamburg police chief Ralf Martin Meyer said the man was visited by police after they received an anonymous tip in January claiming he “bore particular anger toward religious believers, in particular toward Jehovah’s Witnesses and his former employer”. (39 words)
After months of sporadic missile and drone launches toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas, their Palestinian ally in Gaza, the Houthis recently escalated a campaign against Israel, launching ballistic missiles toward it almost nightly over the past week. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Philippe is moving toward the northwest near nine mph and a turn toward the north-northwest is forecast later today, followed by a faster motion toward the north on Thursday and Friday, the DDM stated.
Adan's division rolled south toward Suez City while Magen's division pushed west toward Cairo and south toward Adabiya.
Movement away from the Earth will cause the light from Vega to shift to a lower frequency (toward the red), or to a higher frequency (toward the blue) if the motion is toward the Earth.
Public opinion The ambivalent feeling of Americans toward immigrants is shown by a positive attitude toward groups that have been visible for a century or more, and much more negative attitude toward recent arrivals.
The water flows from Beijing toward Tianjin, from Nanwang north toward Tianjin, and from Nanwang south toward Yangzhou.
China’s approach toward safeguarding sovereignty and its general reluctance toward foreign intervention stem in large part from historical lessons.
Despite some juniors’ nonchalant attitudes toward their scores, as they do not count toward their grades, teachers still consider their results.
Ed leans less toward the Tuco () end of the spectrum and more toward the Gus end.
Hamburg police chief Ralf Martin Meyer said the man was visited by police after they received an anonymous tip in January claiming he “bore particular anger toward religious believers, in particular toward Jehovah’s Witnesses and his former employer”.
I walked slowly toward the gate like I was walking toward the gallows.
One force is driving toward Berdiansk, on the Sea of Azov, and the other toward Melitopol, near that sea.
Tesla has been piloting open Supercharging in other countries since November 2021, but in the U.S. this is an essential step toward Tesla opening up "a portion" of its network toward models using CCS—and thus claiming federal funds.
That is to say, one day the herd rushes toward the “sell” key on their bond trading platforms, and the next day toward the “buy” key on their stock trading platforms.
The latest software updates also bring two emoji, one that appears to be pushing toward the right and the other toward the left.
The number of countries moving toward authoritarianism is more than double the number moving toward democracy, according to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
The spirit of God will lead you to be unloving toward your wife or to be disrespectful toward your husband.
We must scrutinize such expenditures and direct our resources toward initiatives that benefit our community directly, particularly toward making our streets safe.
After months of sporadic missile and drone launches toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas, their Palestinian ally in Gaza, the Houthis recently escalated a campaign against Israel, launching ballistic missiles toward it almost nightly over the past week.
A weekend conference held in Switzerland was billed as a first step toward peace and ended with pledges to work toward a resolution but had few concrete deliverables.
Gotham’s possession eventually cycled toward her just seven minutes later, and after Sheehan maneuvered the ball through a pair of Portland defenders, she sent the ball toward Rose Lavelle and watched as she converted.
Phrases with toward
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Common combinations with toward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: