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单词 frontward
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frontwardfrontwardsadv.adj.n.

/ˈfrʌntwəd//ˈfrʌntwədz/
Etymology: < front n. + -ward suffix, -wards suffix.
1.
a. Towards or in the direction of the front; also, to the front of.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction
beforeOE
forwarda1535
ahead1596
front-wise1774
vanward1827
frontward1865
1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xxvi She spoke, gazing frontward all the while.
1876 S. Lanier Poems (1884) 133 Run each road that frontward leads.
1877 S. Lanier Hard Times in Elfland 6 Drew More frontward of the mighty fire.
b. quasi-adj. Of or pertaining to the front.
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the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > of or relating to front
anteal1822
frontside1858
frontal1860
frontward1865
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. xi. 287 Burkersdorf, Ludwigsdorf..are frontward posts.
c. quasi-n. The direction towards the front.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > the direction towards the front
frontward1553
fore-lines1626
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 62v Suche as stode in the hinder partes of the battailles were ordered to turne their faces from the frontwardes.
2. With the front or face in a specified direction. Const. to. rare.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > with front in specific direction
frontward1856
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vii. 310 Men define a man, The creature who stands front-ward to the stars.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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