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forwards

[ fawr-werdz ]

/ ˈfɔr wərdz /

adverb

forward.

Origin of forwards

First recorded in 1350–1400; forward + -s¹

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH forwards

foreword forward forwards froward (see synonym study at forward)

Words nearby forwards

forwarder, forwarding, forwarding agent, forwardmost, forwardness, forwards, forwent, forwhy, forworn, forza, forzando

Example sentences from the Web for forwards

Their defense is lackadaisical, their forwards frequently inept.

World Cup 2014 Nail-Biter: Host Country Brazil Defeats Chile on Penalty Kicks |Tunku Varadarajan |June 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It can move backwards or forwards on its own power, and the men operating it can rotate it this way or that.

Thatcher's Economic Legacy |Megan McArdle |April 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The avatar records the answers and forwards them to a tablet handled by one of the blue-uniformed officers.

U.S. Tests a Lie Detector–Type Machine for Interrogations on the Mexican Border |G. W. Schulz |July 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Kierkegaard is right: we are cursed to understand life only backwards while living it forwards.

Hurrah for Barnes! |Roxanne Coady |October 18, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The Daily Beast is the omnivorous friend who hears about the best stuff and forwards it to you with a twist.

Q and A with Tina Brown |The Daily Beast |October 5, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
The distance is 670 miles, which could be performed in four days and six days, backwards and forwards.

A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World |James M'Queen, Esq.
The girls remained at Kensington, while Mrs. Morgan travelled backwards and forwards between the homes.

Old Kensington |Miss Thackeray
A waiter went backwards and forwards, bringing plates and glasses.

The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) |Guy de Maupassant
This is dragged backwards and forwards by means of a second wire.

How the World Travels |A. A. Methley
Beneath him gaped the great sea of clouds covering unknown depths he could not penetrate; but forwards he must go!

The Dreamer of Dreams |Marie, Queen of Roumania

British Dictionary definitions for forwards

forwards

forward

/ (ˈfɔːwədz) /

adverb

towards or at a place ahead or in advance, esp in space but also in time

towards the front