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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 | second | self-assertive | send on | smart Related Terms | Find terms related to Forward: a bit previous | accelerate | acculturate | acquiescent | act for | actuate | address | advance | advanced | advancing | advantage | adventurous | agog | agreeable | ahead | aid | air-express | airfreight | airmail | alacritous | alee | all agog | along | ameliorate | amenable | amend | animate | animated | answer | ante | anterior | anxious | ardent | arrogant | assist | audacious | avid | back | be instrumental | be right | befit | befitting | beforehand | benefit | better | bold | boost | bowl | brash | brazen | brazenfaced | breathless | bring forward | bumptious | bundle | bunt | bursting to | bustle | busy | busybody | butt | champion | cheeky | chief | circulate | civilize | clockwise | cold | come across with | compel | compliant | conduce to | consenting | consign | content | contribute to | controlled | contumelious | cool | cooperative | crowd | daredevil | daring | death-defying | decide | deliver | deliver over | desirous | determine | disdainful | 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along | hurry on | hurry up | hustle | hustle up | ill-considered | immodest | impatient | impel | impertinent | importunate | improve | improve upon | impudent | impulsive | in advance | in the mind | in the mood | incite | inclined | independent | influence | inquisitive | insolent | insulting | keen | lard | lead to | leading | lend wings to | lift | lively | madbrain | madbrained | madcap | mail | make an improvement | make for | meddlesome | meddling | mediate | meliorate | mend | minded | minister to | motivate | move | moving | nervy | nosy | not come amiss | not firm | notorious | nourish | nurture | obtrusive | officious | on | oncoming | ongoing | onward | onwards | 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. |
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