Forwards and Later

Forwards

Forwards adverb - Toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time.

Later is an antonym for forwards in topics: first, brash, advancing.

Nearby Word: forward

Later

Later adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.

Forwards is an antonym for later.

Both words in one sentence

  • Flash Forward: The Series Finale fast forwards to 5 months later where Midge is in Cinncinati, living the dream as a book publisher.
  • The movie randomly cuts out at one point and flashes forwards a few hours later; Hague's opinion of Wray has done a complete 180.
  • Film / Agent Carter Time Skip: The one-shot begins by showing Peggy and Steve's last conversation in Captain America: The First Avenger, then fast-forwards one year later to Peggy's current job.
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