homewards

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homewards

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From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).

adjective homeward

  1. not comparable Leading toward home. At the end of the day we gratefully set off in a homewards direction.

adverb homeward

  1. towards home We're now heading homewards.

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adj leading toward home

日本語家へ向かって uchi e mukatte
中文回家 huíjiā
Portuguêspara casa
Françaisà la maison
Deutschnach Hause, heim, heimwärts
Русскийвосвоя́си vosvojási, домо́й domój, направля́ющийся домо́й napravljájuščijsja domój, к до́му k dómu
עבריתהביתה habáyta

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"homewards." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/homewards. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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homewards. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/homewards

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"homewards." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/homewards.

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@misc{homewards_2026,
  title = {homewards},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homewards},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}