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-ward

26 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) -ward (adjective suffix)
  2. 2) -ward (adverb suffix)
  3. ward (noun)
  4. ward (verb)
  5. Ward (biographical name)
  6. Ward (biographical name)
  7. Ward (biographical name)
  8. Ward (biographical name)
  9. Ward (biographical name)
  10. Ward (biographical name)
  11. ward bed (noun)
  12. ward eight (noun)
  13. ward heeler (noun)
  14. ward hill (noun)
  15. ward in chancery
  16. Ward Leonard system (noun)
  17. ward meetinghouse (noun)
  18. ward of court
  19. ward school (noun)
  20. ward sister (noun)
  21. calf ward (noun)
  22. casual ward (noun)
  23. fire ward (noun)
  24. psychopathic ward (noun)
  25. step ward (noun)
  26. watch and ward (noun)

1-ward

adj suffix

Definition of -WARD

1
: that moves, tends, faces, or is directed toward <riverward>
2
: that occurs or is situated in the direction of <leftward>

Variants of -WARD

-ward also -wards

Examples of -WARD

  1. a rearward movement of troops

Origin of -WARD

-ward from Middle English, from Old English -weard; akin to Old High German -wart, -wert -ward, Latin vertere to turn; -wards from -wards, adverb suffix — more at worth

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