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{
"term": "towards",
"partOfSpeech": "preposition",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "in the direction of somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were heading towards the German border."
},
{
"text": "She had her back towards me."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "getting closer to achieving something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is a first step towards political union."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "close or closer to a point in time",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "towards the end of April"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "in relation to somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was warm and tender towards her."
},
{
"text": "our attitude towards death"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "with the aim of obtaining something, or helping somebody to obtain something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The money will go towards a new school building *(= will help pay for it)*."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/təˈwɔːdz/",
"audio": "to/towards/towards__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/təˈwɔːd/",
"audio": "to/towards/toward__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tɔːrdz/",
"audio": "to/towards/towards__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tɔːrd/",
"audio": "to/towards/toward__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English tōweardes (see to, -ward)."
}