forwards Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
    forward.
  2. noun a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
    forward.
  3. verb send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
    forward; send on.
    • forward my mail
  4. adverb at or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
    forrad; forrard; forward; frontwards; frontward.
    • he faced forward
    • step forward
    • she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine
  5. adverb in a forward direction
    ahead; onward; onwards; forward; forrader.
    • go ahead
    • the train moved ahead slowly
    • the boat lurched ahead
    • moved onward into the forest
    • they went slowly forward in the mud

WordNet


For"wards adverb
Definitions
  1. Same as Forward.

Webster 1913