forward in English dictionary

  • forward

    Meanings and definitions of "forward"

    • (dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.
    • Towards the front or at the front.
    • (finance) Expected in the future.
    • Towards the front or from the front.
    • In the usual direction of travel.
    • Into the future.
    • (transitive) To send (something received) to a third party.
    • (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.
    • adjective
      Toward the front or at the front.
    • adjective
      Without customary restraint or modesty; presumptuous or bold.
    • adjective
      (finance)
      Expected in the future.
    • adjective
      Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
    • adjective
      Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
    • adverb
      Towards the front or from the front.
    • adverb
      In the usual direction of travel.
    • adverb
      Into the future.
    • noun
      (dialectal or obsolete)
      Agreement; covenant.
    • noun
      (rugby)
      one of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
    • noun
      (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.
    • noun
      (ice hockey)
      An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
    • noun
      (basketball)
      The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      The front part of a vessel.
    • noun
      (Internet)
      An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
    • noun
      misconstruction of [i]foreword[/i]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To advance, promote.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.
    • Without customary restraint
    • at the front
    • expected in the future
    • towards the front
    • in the usual direction of travel
    • into the future
    • send (something received) to a third party
    • player nearest to the opposing soccer team
    • centre or winger in ice hockey
    • front part of a vessel
    • To move a call to another phone before the call is answered.
    • forward (in a ball game)
    • show (a person) out
    • file notice (to the authorities)
    • To send something received from another person to a third person.
    • adjective
      at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
    • adjective
      moving forward
    • adjective
      of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
    • adjective
      used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
    • 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)
    • adverb
      forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
    • 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"
    • adverb
      near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
    • 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"
    • noun
      a non-standardized contract between two parties to buy or to sell an asset at a specified future time at a price agreed upon today, making it a type of derivative instrument.
      Forward contracts are very similar to futures contracts, except they are not exchange-traded, or defined on standardized assets.
    • noun
      a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
    • noun
      the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
    • verb
      send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"

    Synonyms of "forward" in English dictionary

    overfamiliar, cheeky, frontwards are the top synonyms of "forward" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "forward" in English dictionary

    back, backward, aft are the top antonyms of "forward" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of forward

    • forward ( plural  forwards)
    • forward ( comparative more forward, superlative most forward)
    • forward ( third-person singular simple present forwards, present participle forwarding, simple past and past participle forwarded)
    • forward ( comparative further forward, superlative furthest forward)
    • forward (comparative more forward, superlative most forward)
    • forward (comparative further forward, superlative furthest forward)
    • forward (plural forwards)
    • forward (third-person singular simple present forwards, present participle forwarding, simple past and past participle forwarded)
  • Forward

    Meanings and definitions of "forward"

    • A navigation button used to return to a page from which the user has navigated away via the Internet Explorer Back command.
    • Forward (Greenland)
  • FORWARD

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