forward
IPA: fˈɔrwɝd
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).
- (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; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- (finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
- (dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.
- A surname.
- A place name:
- A hamlet and former village in the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin, taken from the Wisconsin state motto.
- Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).. [An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction.]
verb
- (transitive) To advance, promote.
- (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
adjective
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- (of troops, guns etc.) 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.
- (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- (finance, commerce) 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.
- (obsolete) Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
adverb
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- (nautical) 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.
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Examples of "forward" in Sentences
- The car lunged forward.
- The robot was moving forward.
- The forward bell remains undiscovered.
- The lower jaw is forward of the upper.
- The forward cockpit was under the wing.
- The company is kind of forward to that plan.
- The platform toppled forward into the chasm.
- The result is a forward propulsion of the boat.
- This is to optimize the forward active operation.
- The porch juts forward in front of the door with an additional pediment.
- Glendening D, first successfully put her name forward for the job 10 years ago.
- We now look forward to the latter part of the present campaign for the World Cup in 2010 and certainly look forward to the
- While Grant may rue the missed opportunity, perhaps he should think of putting his name forward for a different gong – Fleet Street's scoop of the year.
- In 1817 he retired to Dublin, where in 1818 he put his name forward for the vacant Catholic archbishopric of Armagh and was astonished when the pope said yes.
- A boy, they believe, will be able to look after them in old age, he will carry the name forward of the family - and that's very, very important to Indian families.
- When he was deputy mayor of the eastern port of Xiamen, he put his name forward as a candidate to be promoted for mayor—without the approval of the party leadership, according to people who knew him at the time.
- When the Calcutta intelligence chief suggested someone go on an “errand-boy visit” to check out the neighboring MO operation in Kandy, Betty had immediately put her name forward in hopes of seeing her friend again.
- Following the events I will refer to only as The Monica Aspel Debacle, and with no Ginny Pascoe around with whom to find comfort, I decided at the age of twenty-seven that enough was enough and put my name forward for a transfer from the London office of C-Tec to its New York base.
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