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1. | [ adverb ] at or to or toward the front | |
Synonyms: | frontward frontwards forrad forrard forwards | |
Examples: | "he faced forward" "step forward" "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine" (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations) |
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Related terms: | back dialect | |
2. | [ adjective ] at or near or directed toward the front | |
Examples: | "the forward section of the aircraft" "a forward plunge down the stairs" "forward motion" |
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Related terms: | backward guardant headfirst full-face progressive fore | |
3. | [ adverb ] forward in time or order or degree | |
Synonyms: | forth onward | |
Examples: | "from that time forth" "from the sixth century onward" |
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4. | [ adverb ] in a forward direction | |
Synonyms: | ahead forwards onwards forrader onward | |
Examples: | "go ahead" "the train moved ahead slowly" "the boat lurched ahead" "moved onward into the forest" "they went slowly forward in the mud" |
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5. | [ adverb ] toward the future; forward in time | |
Synonyms: | ahead | |
Examples: | "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring" "I look forward to seeing you" |
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Related terms: | back back | |
6. | [ verb ] (transportation) send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit | |
Synonyms: | send_on | |
Examples: | "forward my mail" |
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Related terms: | transport forwarding | |
7. | [ adjective ] moving toward a position ahead | |
Synonyms: | onward | |
Examples: | "forward motion" "the onward course of events" |
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Related terms: | advancing | |
8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16944 | |
9. | [ adjective ] situated at or toward the front | |
Examples: | "the fore cabins" "the forward part of the ship" |
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Related terms: | fore | |
10. | [ adjective ] used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty | |
Examples: | "a forward child badly in need of discipline" |
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Related terms: | backward fresh fresh brash assumptive familiar bumptious bold | |
11. | [ adjective ] moving forward | |
Synonyms: | forward-moving advancing | |
Related terms: | progressive | |
12. | [ adjective ] situated in the front | |
Examples: | "the forward section of the aircraft" |
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Related terms: | front | |
13. | [ noun ] (sport,basketball) the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team | |
Related terms: | basketball_player dr._j | |
14. | [ adverb ] (nautical) near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane | |
Synonyms: | fore | |
Examples: | "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" |
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Related terms: | aft | |
15. | [ adjective ] of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle | |
Examples: | "in a forward gear" |
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Related terms: | reverse second first | |
16. | [ noun ] (sport,basketball) a position on a basketball team | |
Related terms: | position basketball_team | |
Similar spelling: |
forwards forrard forwarding |