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toward
preposition(to-ward)in the direction of
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preposition(to-ward)along a course leading to
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preposition(to-ward)in relation to
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adjective(to-ward)coming soon : imminent
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adjective(to-ward)happening at the moment : afoot
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adjective(to-ward)quick to learn : apt
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phrasal verb(to-ward)to show that something is true or probably true
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noun(to-ward)a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight; especially : the nearly spherical usually paired hollow organ of sight in vertebrates that is filled with a jellylike material, is lined with a photosensitive retina, and is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull
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noun(to-ward)all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows
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noun(to-ward)the faculty of seeing with eyes
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noun(to-ward)a great distance —often used figuratively in various phrases
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phrasal verb(to-ward)to have value as a credit or payment in relation to (something) —often used as (be) counted toward/towards
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phrasal verb(to-ward)to help pay for (something)
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idiom(to-ward)to have (something) in one's thoughts as a goal or purpose