forward
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːwəd/
The English word “forward” has 20 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
- Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
adverb
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- Into the future.
- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).
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