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forwards

forwards

3 1.2
From this time on into the future
  • adverb
  • /ˈfɔrwərdz/
  • UK
: 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.

    Stephan Speaks

  • 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
∞ 7.4

From a starting point forward in time or place

focuses only on beginning at this moment and future time reference
onward
vsforwards
65 2.7

Moving forward from a certain time or place

starts the future reference specifically from this present point
henceforth
vsforwards
  • Formal
23 6.7

From now on

is used to mean from this point forward into the future
hereafter
vsforwards
  • Formal
16 5.3

From now on, in the future

is the everyday way to say from this point into the future
hence
vsforwards
  • Formal
16 4.4

Starting from now or from a given time in the future

expresses continuing future action starting at this exact point
onwards
vsforwards
2 2.2

From a time or place and continuing forward

refers instead to the start of that continuation from now
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
1 8.6

From that time on

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

Antonyms

past
∞ 1.0

From an earlier time, not happening now

Idioms

backwards and forwards
  • UK
12 3.2

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'.