homeward
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmwɚd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊmwəd/
Audio (US) (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
homeward (not comparable)
- Towards home.
- I am homeward bound.
- 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 36–37:
- There Enoch spoke no word to any one, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd.
Translations[edit]
towards home
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English homward, from the adverb (see above).
Adjective[edit]
homeward (not comparable)
- oriented towards home
- I caught a homeward bus.
Translations[edit]
oriented towards home
Middle English[edit]
Adverb[edit]
homeward
- Alternative form of homward
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