Meaning & Definition of Forwards in English

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)

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"