toward
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- adposition
- /tɔrd/
- US
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para
- All the money goes toward arc renovation.
- contribute toward
- contributions toward
- go toward
But they won't put money towards training.
- But they won't put money towards training.
- The biggest effort we've put towards a feature.
- DSW allows you to donate your shoes to get points toward cash.
Examples
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After a month or two, we asked if she could put something toward the rent.
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Let's do it and put that money towards the honeymoon.
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Three hundred bucks goes a long way toward retirement.
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I'd already contributed five dollars toward her gift, and I had signed the birthday card.
Fiction book (1994) -
And I'm voting to put this money toward our relief fund.
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All proceeds generated by HispanoFest go toward a student scholarship fund for deserving students of Hispanic origin.
Academic text (1995) -
After a month or two, we asked if she could put something toward the rent.
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Three hundred bucks goes a long way toward retirement.
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A new tax credit gives you up to $2,500 toward tuition and related costs.
Compounds
- Specialized
A very high or very low result usually comes before a result closer to the average
Surface Forms
Morphology
toward = (semi-transparent) = to + ward
The sense meaning 'as part of' (a contribution toward something) is a more abstract extension of direction/towardness and is somewhat inferable but less literal. [Postprocessing: moved 'to' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
The word toward can mean 'as part of a total' because giving money or help moves the whole amount 'in the direction' of the goal, so a payment goes 'toward' the cost of something.