If you move or look forward or forwards, you move or look in a direction that is in front of you.
Forwards is only used as an adverb.
If you are looking forward to something that is going to happen, you want it to happen because you think you will enjoy it.
Forward is also an adjective. A forward movement is one in which someone or something moves forwards.
When forward has this meaning, it can only be used in front of a noun.
Forward is also a verb. If you forward a letter to someone, you send it on to them when they have moved to a different address.
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Noun | 1. | forward - the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey |
2. | forward - a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?" basketball team, five - a team that plays basketball | |
Verb | 1. | forward - send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" |
Adj. | 1. | forward - at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel progressive - favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view" |
2. | forward - used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" bold - fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure" backward - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" | |
3. | forward - of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" reverse - of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear" | |
4. | ![]() progressive - favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" | |
Adv. | 1. | forward - 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. | forward - forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" | |
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5. | forward - near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" |