in the direction of; regarding; in relation to; for the purpose of (helping); (of time) a little before
on the way to; near
Cases of word usage
1) the strong feeling of being pulled towards (attraction)
2) towards the back or beginning (backward)
3) the (good or bad) way a person behaves; treatment shown towards others (behaviour)
4) (of lines, people, moving objects, opinions) to come towards each other and meet at a point (converge)
5) with one or both eyeballs turned towards the nose (crosseyed)
6) behaviour towards others (dealing)
7) a course taken by a moving person or thing; point towards which a person or thing looks or faces (direction)
8) towards what is lower (downwards)
9) towards the east (eastward)
10) (US = endwise) with the end towards the spectator (endwise)