Forwards
[fawr-werdz] /ˈfɔr wərdz/
adverb
1.
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/ˈfɔːwədz/
adverb
1.
towards or at a place ahead or in advance, esp in space but also in time
2.
towards the front
adv.
Middle English, from forward + adverbial genitive -s. British English until mid-20c. preserved the distinction between forward and forwards, the latter expressing “a definite direction viewed in contrast with other directions.” In American English, however, forward prevails in all senses since Webster (1832) damned forwards as “a corruption.”
noun
Pills of amphetamine or its derivatives
[1960s+ Narcotics; probably an allusion to speed in the same sense, with perhaps a by-reference to the fast forward control of a tape player]
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