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forwards

adverbadjectiveverbnounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈfɔːwədz//
  • United States//ˈfɔɹwɚdz//
  • New Zealand//ˈfoːwədz//
  • New Zealand//ˈfoːdz//

Synonym of forward in most senses.

adverb

  1. 1

    Synonym of forward in most senses.

Etymology

Etymology tree English forward Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Middle English -es English -s English forwards From forward + -s (adverbial suffix).

adjective

  1. 1

    Synonym of forward.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of forwardthird-person singular simple present indicative of forward

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of forwardplural of forward

Forms

comparative
further forwards, farther forwards
superlative
furthest forwards, farthest forwards
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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).