āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
toward
/tÉËd/ , /tÉËwÉËd/
01
āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§
in the direction of a particular person or thing
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She gestured toward the empty seat next to her.
02
āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§
with the purpose of achieving something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She worked hard toward her degree.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§
used to indicate a person's attitude, opinion, or behavior regarding a particular thing, situation, or person
DialectAmerican
AmericanāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her behavior toward her colleagues was unprofessional.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
