[syn: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard,
foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw[aum]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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forwards \For"wards\, adv.
Same as Forward.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
forwards
adv 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,
forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad,
forrard] [ant: back, backward, backwards,
rearward, rearwards]
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, forwards, forrader]