Toward

• POS: Adjective, Preposition
• HYPHEN: to=ward

CIDE DICTIONARY

Toward, prep. [AS. impending, imminent, future, toward, towards. See To, and -ward, wards.].

•  In the direction of; to.  [1913 Webster]

  "He set his face toward the wilderness."  [1913 Webster]

  "The waves make towards\'b6 the pebbled shore."  [1913 Webster]
•  With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.  [1913 Webster]

  "His eye shall be evil toward his brother."  [1913 Webster]

  "Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men."  [1913 Webster]
•  Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.  [1913 Webster]

  "This was the first alarm England received towards any trouble."  [1913 Webster]
•  Near; about; approaching to.  [1913 Webster]

  "I am toward nine years older since I left you."  [1913 Webster]

Toward, adv. 

 Near; at hand; in state of preparation.  [1913 Webster]
"Do you hear sught, sir, of a battle toward ?"  [1913 Webster]
"We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards."  [1913 Webster]

Toward, a. [AS. . See Toward, prep.].

•  Approaching; coming near.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.  [1913 Webster]
•  Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.  [1913 Webster]

  "Why, that is spoken like a toward prince."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Toward, prep. & adj.
--prep. = TOWARDS.
--adj. archaic 1 about to take place; in process.
2 docile, apt.
3 promising, auspicious.

Derivative

towardness n. (in sense of adj.).

THESAURUS

Toward

about, across, advantageous, against, anent, as, beneficial, brave, confronting, en route to, facing, favorable, favoring, fronting, headed for, helpful, in front of, in opposition to, in passage to, in transit to, on, on route to, opposite to, over against, propitious, to, towards, up, upon, useful, versus, vis-a-vis