• (RP) IPA: /təˈwɔːdz/, [tʰə̥ˈwɔːdz]
• (America) IPA: /tʊˈwɔɹdz/, [tʰə̥ˈwɔɹ̠d̠z], [tʰw̥ɔɹ̠d̠z]
• (New Zealand) IPA: /tɘˈwoːdz/, [tʰɘ̥ˈwoːdz], [tʰw̥oːdz]

1. Alternative form of toward

   Synonyms: toward

   Antonyms: fromward, fromwards

   • 1835, Sir John Ross (Arctic explorer), Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1 ↗, pp.284-5

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

towards (not comparable)

1. In the direction of something (indicated by context).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:

     Thus as he spake, lo far away they spyde / A varlet running towards hastily [...].

towards (not comparable)

1. Near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward.
   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene v]:

     We have a trifling foolish banquet towards.