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List of meaning for forward

forward(noun)

the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey

forward(adj)

a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team

forward(adj)

at or near or directed toward the front

"the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"

forward(adj)

used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty

"a forward child badly in need of discipline"

forward(adj)

of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

"in a forward gear"

advancing, forward, forward-moving(verb)

moving forward

forward, send on(adverb)

send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

"forward my mail"

forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard(adverb)

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)

forth, forward, onward(adverb)

forward in time or order or degree

"from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"

ahead, forward(adverb)

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"

ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader(adverb)

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"

fore, forward(adverb)

near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty

a stranger so forward as to ask what medication he was taking and what it was for

being at or in the forward part or surface of something

the ship's forward deck

being far along in development

the local citizenry's attitude toward racial equality was very forward for its time

having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future

she was forward enough to start investing in her retirement fund at the age of 18

toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time

if you keep walking forward, you'll hit that wall

toward a point ahead in space or time

from this day forward, our two nations will live in peace and harmony

to help the growth or development of

their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations

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