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for·ward (fôr′wərd)

adjective

  1. at, toward, or of the front, or forepart
  2. advanced; specif.,
    1. mentally advanced; precocious
    2. advanced socially, politically, etc.; progressive or radical
    3. Now Rare ahead of time; early
  3. moving toward a point in front; onward; advancing
  4. ready or eager; prompt
  5. too bold or free in manners; pushing; presumptuous
  6. of or for the future forward buying

Etymology: ME foreward < OE adj. & adv. foreweard: see fore & -ward

adverb

  1. toward the front or a point in front or before; ahead
  2. to an earlier time or date to move a meeting forward
  3. toward the future to look forward
  4. into view or prominence to bring forward an opinion

noun

Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, etc. any of the players, esp. of the offense, in the front line or in a front position

transitive verb

  1. to help advance; promote
  2. to send on, as to another address to forward mail

forward Related Forms

for′·ward′·able adjective for′·ward·ness noun

forward Synonyms

forward

modif.

  1. Going forward

    advancing, progressing, leading on, ahead, progressive, onward, forth, propulsive, in advance.

    Antonyms backward*, retreating, regressive. *

  2. At a forward position

    front, first, foremost; see ahead 2.

  3. Bold

    presumptuous, impertinent, fresh*; see rude 2.

forward Synonyms

forward

v.

  1. To help advance

    advance, assist, further, promote; see promote 1.

  2. To send on

    deliver, transmit, reroute; see send 1. See syn. study at promote.

forward Usage Examples

Object

  • prescription: There is NO requirement to forward a prescription when ordering.
  • message: A recipient may forward the message or reply in like manner.
  • email: Based on an unoriginal email forwarded by Sue Sinclair, May 1995.
  • query: She will forward any queries to the course leader.
  • application: Instead, they forwarded the application directly to the CMA.
  • detail: I will forward further details in course of time.

Modifies a noun

  • momentum: Jim has given a clear forward momentum to the Courtauld Institute since our independence was achieved.
  • thinking: You will hear directly from the most forward thinking, senior level speaker faculty.
  • proposal: Once they will have taken a position, the Commission will consider bringing forward proposals to amend Directive 91/414 in 2002.
  • motion: The viewer has a sense of continuing forward motion.
  • planning: This requires forward planning, that I'm not very good at ).
  • cabin: At the time two of us were down in the engine room, two in the forward cabin.

Modifying Another Word

  • promptly: He therefore instructed appropriate professionals to carry out these valuations, which were promptly forwarded to the CTO once they became available.
  • automatically: An email address to an email alias is automatically forwarded to an existing user.
  • then: CORGI will then forward a declaration of safety which should be shown to tenant.
  • easily: I noticed that it is in jpeg form, and thus could be easily forwarded to our email address.
  • also: I have also forwarded to you 225 survey responses which were sent to me.
  • not: It is important to remember that by default, routers do not forward broadcasts.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: It looks forward to being able to provide a further update when the Group announces preliminary results on 1 December 2004.
  • drive: The Department's Top Management Group is responsible for driving forward New TSN and for monitoring progress.