 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
forwards
adverb
1: at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step
forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as
frontward on her new sewing machine"; ('forrad' and
'forrard' are dialectal variations) [syn: {forward}, {frontward},
{frontwards}, {forrad}, {forrard}] [ant: {back}]
2: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: {ahead},
{onward}, {onwards}, {forward}, {forrader}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adverb [AS. forweard,
foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw["a]rts. The
s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and
{-ward}, {-wards}.]
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in
advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forwards \For"wards\, adverb
Same as {Forward}.
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