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Plural of forward

regular plural

The plural of forward is forwards.

Forms of forward

Singularforward /ˈfɔːwəd/
Pluralforwards /ˈfɔːwədz/
Countablecountable

Forwards in a sentence

  • When you receive your new pen-pal's email address, do not automatically put it in your address book and use the email Addy to send 'forwards' to.2004, Tamara Stevens, What Is Snail Mail?: The Lost Art of Letterwriting, page 27
  • The only problem with this is that it doesn't work if you'd rather send forwards or replies.2009, Joli Ballew, Windows 7 for the Over 50s in Simple Steps
  • There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.From the entry hack
  • Palindromic prime numbers are those which read the same backwards as forwards.From the entry palindromic
  • A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.From the entry surge

Meaning of forward

  1. adjective Situated toward or at the front of something.
  2. adjective Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
  3. adjective Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.

Full definition of forward

Questions about the plural of forward

What is the plural of forward?
The plural of forward is forwards.
Is forward countable?
Forward is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: forward (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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