adverb / adjective · neutral
homeward
UK/ˈhəʊmwəd/US/ˈhoʊmwɚd/HOME·ward
Band 5-6speakingtask2
toward home; in the direction of home
Examples
“After the festival, they set off on their homeward journey.”
“a homeward-bound train”
“homeward movement”
Band 8 sentence
“The late trains meant many commuters faced a long, uncomfortable homeward trek after the conference.”
Collocations
- homeward journey
- homeward bound
- set off homeward
Word family
homeward adv., adj.homewards adv. (BrE variant)
Common mistakes
We went to home.→We went home.
They are homewards to village.→They are heading homeward to the village.
Say it for a higher band
5go home→6toward home→7+homeward
Synonyms
toward home
Easily confused
toward home
“We travelled homeward as the sun set.”
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