In the direction of; to.

With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.

Near; about; approaching to.

Near; at hand; in state of preparation.

See Toward.

In a course or line leading to; also, facing.

Aiming at or contributing to; for.

Near in time; about.

Near at hand; in a state of preparation.

In the direction to; with respect to; with a tendency to; nearly.

In the direction of; with a tendency to; with respect to; regarding.

Nearly; near at hand.

Ready to do or learn; docile.

Nevertheless the pikemen kept their ground till towards the end of the seventeenth century. – Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag

He stopped speaking as Mrs. Manderson came towards them. – The Woman in Black by Edmund Clerihew Bentley

She might at least try to make him a good wife; and she could explain exactly how she felt towards him. – The Explorer by W. Somerset Maugham

1378. Of course S can move only in a radial line from the centre M towards the circumference. – Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

She was not changed, however; and she was not changed towards me. – Daisy in the Field by Elizabeth Wetherell

" I think you will always do that," said the girl, moving towards the door. – The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss

She moved towards him and, with her eyes in his, spoke in a voice so low that he could hardly hear: " You surely can't mean what you said, Paul? – The Woman of Mystery by Maurice Leblanc

Feel towards you as you would like me to feel. – Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse

What attention he had paid her had been but that which a man would naturally show towards any girl who happened to be to him- for the time at least- the most interesting member of a house- party. – The Daughters of a Genius by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

He is coming here towards us, Shirley! – Shirley by Charlotte Brontë

Wowkle hesitated, then rose, and finally started slowly towards him. – The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco

This is another step towards war. – Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson

After a time, she bent down, rose again, moved towards the water, and drew back. – Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett

You have a wife and a daughter, and your first duty is towards them. – The Fat and the Thin by Emile Zola

Then she could begin again to go towards the land. – Eskimo Folktales by Unknown

At last, as it grew towards dinner- time, 'Do you know Paris? – Tales-and-Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis

And I took a step towards the door. – When Love Calls by Stanley J. Weyman

The instant he spoke they turned towards him. – The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

Matilda began to walk on towards the corner. – Opportunities by Susan Warner