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Forward Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Forward? [n] a position on a basketball team [n] the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team [adv] 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" [adv] at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations) [adv] 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" [adv] forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [adv] near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" [adj] moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events" [adj] situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft" [adj] at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" [adj] of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" [adj] used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" [adj] situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship" [adj] moving forward [v] send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Forward: advancing \| ahead \| assuming \| assumptive \| brash \| bumptious \| cheeky \| first \| fore \| forrad \| forrader \| forrard \| forth \| forward-moving \| forwards \| fresh \| front(a) \| frontward \| frontwards \| full-face \| gardant(ip) \| guardant(ip) \| headfirst \| headlong \| impertinent \| impudent \| low \| nervy \| onward \| onward \| onwards \| overbold \| overfamiliar \| presumptuous \| sassy \| saucy \| 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out \| overhasty \| overpresumptuous \| oversoon \| overweening \| panting \| pass \| pass out \| pass over \| patronize \| pedal \| pert \| pliant \| pole \| post \| power \| precipitate \| precocious \| predisposed \| premature \| press \| presuming \| presumptuous \| previous \| primary \| prime \| procacious \| proceeding \| profit \| progressing \| progressive \| promote \| prompt \| prone \| propel \| prying \| push \| push forward \| push on \| push through \| pushful \| pushing \| pushy \| put forward \| put in motion \| quick \| quicken \| railroad through \| raise \| raring to \| rash \| reach \| ready \| ready and willing \| receptive \| redound to \| refine upon \| reform \| remit \| render \| resign \| responsive \| roll \| route \| row \| rush \| rush along \| rushed \| sassy \| saucy \| self-appointed \| self-asserting \| self-assertive \| self-controlled \| self-expressive \| self-possessed \| self-restrained \| send \| send away \| send forth \| send off \| serve \| set agoing \| set forward \| set going \| set in motion \| shameless \| ship \| shove \| shunt \| smart \| smart-alecky \| snoopy \| socialize \| speed \| speed along \| speed up \| spirited \| spur \| stampede \| step up \| straighten out \| strong-minded \| strong-willed \| subserve \| suit the occasion \| support \| surrender \| sweep \| sweep along \| thrust \| to the fore \| too early \| too soon \| tractable \| transfer \| transfigure \| transform \| transmit \| treadle \| troll \| trundle \| turn over \| turn the scale \| unabashed \| unashamed \| unblushing \| uncrystallized \| unembarrassed \| unjelled \| unmatured \| unmeditated \| unmodest \| unpremeditated \| unprepared \| unripe \| untimely \| up \| upgrade \| uphold \| uplift \| uppish \| uppity \| urge \| vanward \| vital \| vivacious \| vivid \| well-developed \| well-disposed \| well-inclined \| whip \| whip along \| whip on \| wild \| wild-ass \| willed \| willing \| willinghearted \| work \| zealous \| zestful See Also \| basketball player \| basketball team \| basketeer \| bold \| cager \| Dr. J \| Erving \| five \| fore(a) \| Julius Erving \| Julius Winfield Erving \| position \| progressive \| send \| ship \| transport Forward In Webster's Dictionary \For"ward\, n. [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before + weard a ward. See {Ward}, n.] An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.] Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. --Chaucer. \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw["a]rts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.] Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward. \For"ward\, a. 1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet. 2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. --Gal. ii. 10. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. --Shak. 3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years. I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. --T. Arnold. 4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring. The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. --Shak. \For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forwarding}.] 1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. 2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

Forward Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Forward?

[n] a position on a basketball team
[n] the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
[adv] 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"
[adv] at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
[adv] 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"
[adv] forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
[adv] near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
[adj] moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"
[adj] situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
[adj] at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
[adj] of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
[adj] used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
[adj] situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"
[adj] moving forward
[v] send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"

Forward In Webster's Dictionary

\For"ward\, n. [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before +
weard a ward. See {Ward}, n.]
An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]

      Tell us a tale anon, as forward is.      --Chaucer.


\For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard,
foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw["a]rts. The
s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and
{-ward}, {-wards}.]
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in
advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.


\For"ward\, a.
1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else;
   as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a
   fleet.

2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense,
   overready; to hasty.

         Only they would that we should remember the poor;
         the same which I also was forward to do. --Gal. ii.
                                               10.

         Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. --Shak.

3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or
   modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too
   forward for his years.

         I have known men disagreeably forward from their
         shyness.                              --T. Arnold.

4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as,
   the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a
   forward spring.



   The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow.
                                               --Shak.


\For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Forwarding}.]
1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to
   quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant;
   to forward one in improvement.

2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination;
   to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

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