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Pronunciation
Etymology
Old English foreweard (fore + -ward).
Adjective
forward (comparative more forward, superlative most forward)
- Towards the front or at the front.
- The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
- Without customary restraint
- I thought his suggestion that we move in together was rather forward.
- 1999: "Would you think it forward of me to kiss you?" asked Tristran. — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 44 (2001 Perennial paperback edition).
- (finance) Expected in the future.
- The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.
Usage notes
- The superlative forwardmost can be used for the "toward or at the front" sense. There does not appear to be a "forwardmore".
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Adverb
forward (comparative further forward, superlative furthest forward)
- Towards the front or from the front.
- The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.
- In the usual direction of travel.
- After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward.
- Into the future.
- From this day forward, there will be no more brussels sprouts at the cafeteria.
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Translations
towards the front
in the usual direction of travel
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- Norwegian: framover
- Tongan: imua
- Vietnamese: tiếp vi(vi)
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into the future
Verb
to forward (third-person singular simple present forwards, present participle forwarding, simple past and past participle forwarded)
- (transitive) To send (something received) to a third party.
- I'll be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone.
Synonyms
- (send (something received) to a third party): pass on
Derived terms
Translations
send (something received) to a third party
- Afrikaans: aanstuur
- Bosnian: prenijeti bs(bs), poslati bs(bs)
- Czech: přeposlat cs(cs)
- Finnish: välittää, lähettää eteenpäin
- German: nachsenden, weiterleiten
- Greek: προωθώ el(el) (pro'oθó)
- Hindi: अग्रसरित करना, भेजना, आगे को चलता करना
- Italian: inoltrare it(it), trasmettere it(it)
- Japanese: 送る (okuru), 渡す (watasu), 送り渡す (okuriwatasu), 届ける (todokeru), 転送する (tensousuru), 回送する (kaisousuru)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: videresende
- Nynorsk: vidaresende
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- Portuguese: repassar pt(pt)
- Russian: пересылать (peresylát’), переправлять (perepravlját’)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: пренети, послати
- Latin: preneti, poslati
- Spanish: remitir es(es)
- Swedish: vidarebefodra
- Turkish: yollamak tr(tr), göndermek tr(tr), sevk etmek tr(tr)
- Vietnamese: gửi tiếp, gởi tiếp
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Translations to be checked
- Esperanto: antaŭe de (forward of), antaŭen (forwards)
- Ido: adavane
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Noun
forward (plural forwards)
- (rugby) one of the eight players whose primary task is to maintain possession of the ball (compare back)
- (soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
- (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (basketball) The small forward or power forward position.
- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (Internet) An e-mail message designed to be forwarded to many people; an electronic chain letter.
Translations
player nearest to the opposing soccer team
centre or winger in ice hockey
small forward or power forward position
front part of a vessel
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- Norwegian: baug no(no) m.
- Russian: нос (nos) m.
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Synonyms
See also
- foreword, meaning a preface or introduction
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