FORWARDS

ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader

(adverb) 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”

forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard

(adverb) 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)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adverb

forwards (comparative further forwards, superlative furthest forwards)

Toward the front.

In a progressive direction.

Etymology 2

Verb

forwards

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forward

Etymology 3

Noun

forwards

plural of forward

Anagrams

• Warfords

Proper noun

Forwards

plural of Forward

Anagrams

• Warfords

Source: Wiktionary

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For"ward, For"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorwärts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See For, Fore, and -ward, -wards.]

Definition: Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

For"wards, adv.

Definition: Same as Forward.

FORWARD

For"ward, n. Etym: [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before + weard a ward. See Ward, n.]

Definition: An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.] Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. Chaucer.

For"ward, For"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorwärts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See For, Fore, and -ward, -wards.]

Definition: Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

For"ward, a.

1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.

2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Gal. ii. 10. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. Shak.

3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years. I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. T. Arnold.

4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring. early. The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. Shak.

For"ward, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forwarded; p.pr. & vb.n. Forwarding.]

1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.

2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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