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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. at or to or toward the front;
- Example: "he faced forward"
- Example: "step forward"
- Example: "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]

2. in a forward direction;
- Example: "go ahead"
- Example: "the train moved ahead slowly"
- Example: "the boat lurched ahead"
- Example: "moved onward into the forest"
- Example: "they went slowly forward in the mud"
[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.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forwards \For"wards\, adv.
   Same as Forward.
   [1913 Webster]


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]