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Adjective
  • moving forward
  • of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
    • in a forward gear
  • used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
    • a forward child badly in need of discipline
  • at or near or directed toward the front
    • the forward section of the aircraft
    • a forward plunge down the stairs
    • forward motion
Adverb
  • near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
    • the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments
  • in a forward direction
    • go ahead
    • the train moved ahead slowly
    • the boat lurched ahead
    • moved onward into the forest
    • they went slowly forward in the mud
  • toward the future; forward in time
    • I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring
    • I look forward to seeing you
  • forward in time or order or degree
    • from that time forth
    • from the sixth century onward
  • at or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
    • he faced forward
    • step forward
    • she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine
Noun
  • a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
  • the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
Verb
  • send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
    • forward my mail
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