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Meanings of forwards in English

Spanish
adelante

At or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

adelante
Portuguese
a partir de agora

In a forward direction.

a partir de agora
Russian
впереди
Portuguese
frente
Catalan
endavant
Spanish
delante

Direction faced by the front of an item.

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впереди
Usage of forwards in English
1
I discovered Lottoland forwards players' stakes to a company called EU Lotto.
News.com.au
2
Alain Vigneault said he felt the other forwards he used were better.
Reuters
3
Their forwards will work hard and they have a good kicking game.
The Irish Times
4
The firing had ceased; the boat began to glide forwards once more.
South Wind
5
Since January, the riyal has rebounded in the onshore forwards market SAR1Y=.
Reuters
6
The forwards market suggests speculative bets on the peg breaking are building.
Reuters
7
The green and red lights of the launches glided backwards and forwards.
At the Villa Rose
8
Leicester's goal really stopped us but then we wanted to go forwards.
BBC
9
The French forwards in the second half took a grip on proceedings.
The Guardian
10
Both sets of forwards found their opposing defenders in particularly mean moods.
The Irish Times
11
Memories of those women who did come forwards were, however, generally negative.
The Irish Times
12
So I tried her Social Security number, first forwards and then backwards.
Mr. Mercedes
13
But it was a case of two steps forwards, one step back.
The Guardian
14
The horse bounded forwards too quickly to sink in the boggy ground.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
15
At 23 he could yet become one of the world's best forwards.
The Guardian
16
Ryan is in his third year of being the Crusaders forwards coach.
The South African
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Catalan
endavant
Forwards through the time
Forwards across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
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