Definition of Towards

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Towards

In the direction of; to.

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

Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.

Near; about; approaching to.

Near; at hand; in state of preparation.

See Toward.

Related Definitions:

About, Approaching, At, Behalf, Concerning, Direction, Hand, In, Moral, Near, Of, Or, Preparation, Reference, Regarding, Respect, See, Sense, State, Tending, The, To, Toward, With

Towards Quotations

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
Michael Jordan

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
Mohandas Gandhi

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Confucius

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Walt Disney

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
William Shakespeare

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
Henry David Thoreau

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.
Abraham Maslow

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.
Sigmund Freud

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
Sigmund Freud

Towards Translations

towards in Afrikaans is toe, vir, na ... toe, aan, na
towards in Danish is til
towards in Dutch is tot, bij, tegen, naar, aan, voor
towards in German is zu, zuneigen, nach
towards in Italian is in, a tavola, inverso
towards in Portuguese is a, para
towards in Spanish is hacia, a

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