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Forward

adverb

1.

At or to or toward the front. Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards. "Step forward" , "She practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"

2.

Forward in time or order or degree. Synonyms: forth, onward. "From the sixth century onward"

3.

Toward the future; forward in time. Synonym: ahead. "I look forward to seeing you"

4.

In a forward direction. Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forwards, onward, onwards. "The train moved ahead slowly" , "The boat lurched ahead" , "Moved onward into the forest" , "They went slowly forward in the mud"

5.

Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane. Synonym: fore.

adjective

1.

At or near or directed toward the front. "A forward plunge down the stairs" , "Forward motion"

2.

Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty.

3.

Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle.

4.

Moving forward. Synonyms: advancing, forward-moving.

noun

1.

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

2.

A position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team.

verb

(past & past part. forwarded; pres. part. forwarding)

1.

Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit. Synonym: send on.

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"Forward" Quotes from Famous Books

... follow the others across the field, but returned the way I had come last spring, down toward the woods and the sea. It is fitting that I should go back, always back, never forward again. ...

— Look Back on Happiness • Knut Hamsun

... much good." The sulky magnates of the south-west, such as John of Armagnac and Gaston Phoebus of Foix, found their bitterness tempered by the prince's courtesy, while the boastful knights of Gascony looked forward to a career of honourable service under the descendant of their ancient dukes. Feastings and tournaments were not enough to win all his subjects' hearts; and the Black Prince strove with some energy to show that he was a ruler of men ...

— The History of England - From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) • T.F. Tout

... consists of the Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by the universities and from candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are nominated by the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... unless by the special grace of God, because these natives are a people untamed, rebellious, and exceedingly cruel. If they are obedient, it is plainly evident that they are so on account of this check; and that if they were not thus restrained, not only would the work not go forward, but the gains would be turned to losses, through inability to retain them. What your Majesty has so happily commenced here would come to an end, although these districts and the neighborhood promise so excellent beginnings, of ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume VI, 1583-1588 • Emma Helen Blair

... heterogeneous seminary life is manifest in all his future writing. Beginning, no doubt, as a disciple of Emerson in New England, he fell under the spell of Balzac in Paris, of Schopenhauer and von Hartmann in Germany. Pages might be brought forward as evidence that he had a thorough classical education. His knowledge of languages made it easy for him to drink deeply at many fountain heads. If Oscar Wilde found his chief inspiration in Huysmans's "A Rebours," it is certain that Saltus also quaffed intoxicating draughts at this source. ...

— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten

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