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Meaning of "selfwards" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELFWARDS

selfwards  [ˈsɛlfwədz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELFWARDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Selfwards is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SELFWARDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of selfwards in the English dictionary

The definition of selfwards in the dictionary is in the direction of oneself.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELFWARDS


afterwards
ˈɑːftəwədz
ass-backwards
ˌæsˈbækwədz
backwards
ˈbækwədz
downwards
ˈdaʊnwədz
eastwards
ˈiːstwədz
Edwards
ˈɛdwədz
forwards
ˈfɔːwədz
homewards
ˈhəʊmwədz
inwards
ˈɪnwədz
landwards
ˈlændwədz
leftwards
ˈlɛftwədz
northwards
ˈnɔːθwədz
onwards
ˈɒnwədz
outwards
ˈaʊtwədz
rearwards
ˈrɪəwədz
rightwards
ˈraɪtwədz
seawards
ˈsiːwədz
sidewards
ˈsaɪdwədz
southwards
ˈsaʊθwədz
upwards
ˈʌpwədz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELFWARDS

self-winding
self-worship
self-worth
selfdom
selfheal
selfhood
selfie
selfish
selfishly
selfishness
selfism
selfist
selfless
selflessly
selflessness
selfness
selfsame
selfsameness
selfward
selictar

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELFWARDS

airwards
bend over backwards
boards
earthwards
frontwards
heavenwards
hellwards
henceforwards
hitherwards
lean over backwards
leewards
moonwards
northeastwards
northwestwards
rewards
shorewards
southeastwards
sternwards
sunwards
thenceforwards
towards

Synonyms and antonyms of selfwards in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «selfwards» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELFWARDS

Find out the translation of selfwards to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of selfwards from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «selfwards» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

selfwards
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

selfwards
570 millions of speakers

English

selfwards
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

selfwards
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

selfwards
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

selfwards
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

selfwards
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

selfwards
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

selfwards
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selfwards
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

selfwards
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

selfwards
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mentingake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

selfwards
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

selfwards
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वार्थी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

selfwards
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

selfwards
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

selfwards
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

selfwards
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

selfwards
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

selfwards
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfwards
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

selfwards
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selfwards
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of selfwards

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELFWARDS»

The term «selfwards» is used very little and occupies the 177.147 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about selfwards

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELFWARDS»

Discover the use of selfwards in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to selfwards and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the ...
Moreover, not only does he always remain as our own essential self, but he also continues to be manifest outwardly in the form of his precious teachings, which are still available to remind us constantly of our need to turn selfwards in order to  ...
Michael James, 2012
2
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Vol. 3
[2] The Egocentric Mounts not to the Castle of the Lord, And Grieves when the Night (of life) is past : Yea, she the Unfortunate one, who turns selfwards, suffers Pain. [3] 1 would pray to my Lord if I would consider Him far. (But), our Eternal Lord ...
3
Self-inquiry in Bhagavad Gita vol 3
Commentary by the Author : Human mind can move Selfwards and thus get uplifted or move towards matter and thus pulled down. In these two sutras Krishna shows how human mind is pulled down and loses its perceptive ability. Mind is ...
P.V.S. SURYANARAYANA RAJU
4
The Cambridge Companion to Allegory
Furthermore, Saturn could represent an aspect of any single god, that of looking selfwards. Ficino here cites “Orpheus,” who claims that all the supernaturals are in any one god?" At this point the average reader might give up. Despite the ...
Rita Copeland, Peter T. Struck, 2010
5
A W Pink's Studies in the Scriptures - 1924-25
He is alive worldwards, selfwards, sinwards, but dead Godwards. It is not that there is a spark of life within which by careful cultivation or religious exercises may be fanned into a flame; he is completely. 26 STUDIES IN THE SCRI- PTURES.
Arthur W. Pink, 2001
6
Exploratio Philosophica Part Ii
... knowledge (as I explained this), growing on into other knowledge, or even, if we use the term with care, sensation : it is in a word all our extro-verted thought ( extro implying no relation of space), our thought which is not turned selfwards.
John Grote
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Bhagavad Gita
Human mind can move Selfwards and thus get uplifted or move towards matter and thus pulled down. In these two sutras Krishna shows how human mind is pulled down and loses its perceptive ability. Mind is meant for perception of the ...
P.V.S. SURYANARAYANA RAJU
8
Commentaries on Plato: Phaedrus and Ion
... the gaze upwards to things above (whether properly this is the function of understanding or of the unity superior to the intellect), Saturn is the gaze selfwards, Jupiter is the gaze [downwards], ministering to all that follow him.48 In Plato, then, ...
Marsilio Ficino, Michael J. B. Allen, 2008
9
The essence of Bhagavad Gita
Human mind can move Selfwards and thus get uplifted or move towards matter and thus pulled down. In these two sutras Krishna shows how human mind is pulled down and loses its perceptive ability. Mind is meant for perception of the ...
P.V.S. SURYANARAYANA RAJU
10
Grammaticalization and Language Change: New Reflections
Many forms with -wards are, in fact, of recent origin, including constructions with pronouns as the first element, such as otherwards, withoutwards, selfwards. Nonetheless, -ward forms appear to be somewhat more self-consciously playful or ...
Kristin Davidse, Torsten Leuschner, 2012

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELFWARDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term selfwards is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Newsnight editor Paul Mason up for Bad Sex book award
Mills's book features the following toe-curling lines: “My c**k soared Selfwards … her climax shuddering up, up, up to Will”. Other nominees include Brits ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 12»
2
England duo Stuart Broad and James Anderson resist IPL gold - for …
In the grasp-all world of professional sport, where loyalty has long moved selfwards, you'd think sainthood surely beckons. Or is he and his agent just being ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 09»

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« EDUCALINGO. Selfwards [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/selfwards>. Apr 2024 ».
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