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forwards - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'forwards' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Forwards [ adv.]
- Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
- Same as Forward.

Meaning of 'forwards' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . forwards [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in a forward direction
Example in sentence:
  • go ahead;
  • moved onward into the forest;
  • the boat lurched ahead;
  • the train moved ahead slowly;
  • they went slowly forward in the mud
Meaning (2):
- at or to or toward the front
Example in sentence:
  • he faced forward;
  • she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine;
  • step forward