Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goalward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: goal-ward
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Toward a goal; toward the goal.

adj

Moving toward a goal, or which affects movement theretoward.

adj

Somehow abstractly associated with a goal.

Etymology

Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English goalward From goal + -ward.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

more goalward (comparative) most goalward (superlative)

Questions

What does goalward mean?: Toward a goal; toward the goal.
Where does goalward come from?: Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English goalward From goal + -ward.

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