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"forward" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often onwards (7 letters).
Definitions
in a forward direction
Word origin
From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).
Used in a sentence
“The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.”
“the forward gun in a ship”
“the forward ship in a fleet”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Toward the front”7 letters
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