1. (

• forward ,
• forwards ,
• frontward ,
• frontwards ,
• forrad ,
• forrard

) 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. (

• forth ,
• forward ,
• onward

) forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" ;

3. (

• ahead ,
• forward ,

) toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you" ;

4. (

• ahead ,
• onward ,
• onwards ,
• forward ,
• forwards ,
• forrader

) 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" ;

5. (

• fore ,
• forward ,

) near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" ;