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If people or things go inward, they go toward the inside or toward the center.
The soldiers gathered around the outside of the city, and the next day they moved inward.The doctor put his hand on the patient's stomach and pressed gently inward.One of the kitchen doors opens inward, and the other opens outward.- antonyms:
- outward
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inwards (adv.) |
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