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-wards
verb · 78% connection
Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Adductor
noun · 78% connection
A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Advance
adjective · 78% connection
Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Advancement
verb · 78% connection
An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Anterior
adjective · 78% connection
Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Antero-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Astern
adverb · 78% connection
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Backwards
adverb · 78% connection
Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Before
preposition · 78% connection
An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Countermarch
noun · 78% connection
An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Deep
superl. · 78% connection
Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Depart
verb · 78% connection
To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Drag
verb · 78% connection
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Face
noun · 78% connection
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Fore
adverb · 78% connection
Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Forth
adverb · 78% connection
Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
Front
verb · 78% connection
To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toward, part, place, before, front.
