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forwards

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for=wards

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adverbial forwards has 2 senses

forwards(r = adv.all) forrad, forrard, forward, frontward, frontwards - 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"
forwards(r = adv.all) ahead, forrader, forward, onward, onwards - 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"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

forwards, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorwärts. 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]

forwards, adv.

Same as Forward. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

forwards, var. of FORWARD adv. 5.

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