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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Forwards \For"wards\, adv.
   Same as Forward.
   [1913 Webster]

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