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endward

endward adjective: being positioned toward the end; pertaining to the end or rear.

Adjective

endward (comparative more endward, superlative most endward)

  1. Being positioned toward the end; pertaining to the end or rear.
    • [...] having a top section slidable upon the upper edge of the fire pot and a vertical section movable into contact with the converging side walls of the fire pot at either end on endward movement of the top section.1920, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
    • The deviation of ID for both the sideward and endward cases is qualitatively like that of a slim pencil-shaped [...]1960, Titus Evans, Radiation Research Society, Radiation research

Adverb

endward (comparative more endward, superlative most endward)

  1. Toward the end; rearward.

Forms of endward

Adjective
comparativemore endward
superlativemost endward
Adverb
comparativemore endward
superlativemost endward

Origin of endward

From end + -ward.

Questions about endward

What does endward mean?
Endward means being positioned toward the end; pertaining to the end or rear.
What part of speech is endward?
Endward can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near endward in the dictionary

  1. endurings
  2. enduro
  3. enduros
  4. endwall
  5. endwalls
  6. endward
  7. endwards
  8. endware
  9. endwares
  10. endways
  11. Endwell

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