 forwards |
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| 1. | [ adverb ] at or to or toward the front | |
| Synonyms: | forward forrad frontwards forrard frontward | |
| Examples: | "he faced forward" "step forward" "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine" (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations) |
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| Related terms: | back dialect | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] in a forward direction | |
| Synonyms: | ahead forward forrader onwards onward | |
| Examples: | "go ahead" "the train moved ahead slowly" "the boat lurched ahead" "moved onward into the forest" "they went slowly forward in the mud" |
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| Similar spelling: |
forward forrard forwardness forwarding |
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