-wards
Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /wə(r)dz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /wə(r)dz/
Definitions of -wards word
- suffix forming adverbs -wards indicating direction towards 0
- noun -wards -ward (sense 1) 0
- suffix -wards Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc. 0
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Parts of speech for -wards
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
-wards popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
