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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Forwards \For"wards\, adv Same as {Forward}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}, {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}]
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