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forwards

forwards

1.2
From this time on into the future
  • adverb
  • /ˈfɔrwərdz/
  • UK
translation icon : de ahora en adelante
  • From this day forwards, I will focus on achieving my goals.

I think lack of alignment on on, on vision moving forward.

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Examples

  • So incentives are going to be important going forward if you're going to maximize utility.

  • I value your insight, so I need you going forward to give me the opinion when I ask for it.

  • This is my life, and from this day forward, I will live it.

  • How much does it take from this point forward to finish?

  • And from that day forward, those words have rung in my ears.

  • My life and my inbox will never be the same moving forward into alumni life.

  • I don't know if these are the three columns that we should use going forward, but I think it's a good starting point.

  • Starting forwards, I will ensure that all meetings are scheduled earlier.

  • I plan to implement the new strategy forwards to improve our outcomes.

Synonyms

forward
vsforwards
1.0

Toward the future from now on

focuses specifically on time starting from this point onward
forth
vsforwards
  • Literature
420 7.4

From a starting point forward in time or place

focuses only on beginning at this moment and future time reference
onward
vsforwards
45 2.7

Moving forward from a certain time or place

starts the future reference specifically from this present point
hence
vsforwards
  • Formal
17 4.4

Starting from now or from a given time in the future

expresses continuing future action starting at this exact point
onwards
vsforwards
17 2.2

From a time or place and continuing forward

refers instead to the start of that continuation from now
henceforth
vsforwards
  • Formal
13 6.7

From now on

is used to mean from this point forward into the future
hereafter
vsforwards
  • Formal
8 5.3

From now on, in the future

is the everyday way to say from this point into the future
henceforward
vsforwards
  • Formal
1 7.5

From now on

is similar but applies generally from this point onward
thenceforth
vsforwards
  • Archaic
1 9.3

From that time on

is used to mark a beginning at the current point not a past point
thenceforward
vsforwards
  • Archaic
8.6

From that time on

means starting from this present moment rather than a previously mentioned one

Antonyms

1.0

From an earlier time, not happening now

Idioms

To move one way and then the other way again and again

Surface Forms

forwards positive

Morphology

forwards = forward (transparent) = forward + s

The temporal sense 'from now on' is an extension of the spatial/temporal meaning of 'forward' and is transparently formed with the adverbial '-s'.

Etymology

Forwards comes from the old parts for- meaning 'in front' and -wards meaning 'toward', and people began to think of time as a direction, so moving 'forwards' could mean moving into the 'future'. That is why phrases like 'from next year forwards' mean 'from now on'.