forward
Part of speech: adj
adv
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
bookbinding
business
commerce
crafts
finance
hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
transport
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”).
Base: fore
Affixes: -ward
Inflected forms:
form: further forward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: farther forward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more forward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: forwarder
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: furthest forward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: farthest forward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most forward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: forwardmost
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: forwardest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: foreward
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: forrard
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: forrad
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: forred
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: foreward
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: forrard
pos: adv
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: forrad
pos: adv
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: forred
pos: adv
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: forwards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: forwarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: forwarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: forwarded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: foreward
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: forrard
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: forrad
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: forred
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
Senses:
gloss: Situated toward or at the front of something.
pos: adj
examples: The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
the forward gun in a ship
the forward ship in a fleet
gloss: Situated toward or at the front of something.
pos: adj
examples: The forward battalion took a hammering.
gloss: Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
pos: adj
examples: My forward vision is fine, but my peripheral vision is poor.
gloss: Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
pos: adj
examples: forward motion, forward thrust, forward momentum
gloss: Moving in the desired direction of progress.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: This is an important forward step for the country.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
gloss: Having the usual order or sequence.
pos: adj
examples: The front of the fire engine has backward writing, that can be read in a mirror, as well as forward writing.
gloss: Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
pos: adj
examples: The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.
The price for forward delivery is presently higher than the spot price.
gloss: Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
pos: adj
examples: These students are very forward in their learning.
The grass is forward, or forward for the season. We have a forward spring.
The most forward bud / Is eaten by the canker ere it blow.
You promiſt Knighthood to our forward ſonne, / Vnſheath your ſword, and dub him preſently.
gloss: Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
pos: adj
examples: She is a very forward young lady, not afraid to speak her mind.
[…] the lady conceived the same desires with himself, and was on her side contriving how to give the captain proper encouragement, without appearing too forward; for she was a strict observer of all rules of decorum.
He said that if one offered himself to be a soldier under him, who was forward to tell what he could or would do, if he could only get sight of the enemy, he had but little confidence in him.
"Would you think it forward of me to kiss you?" asked Tristran.
gloss: Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
pos: adj
examples: Pecan Porter […] beer is malty and rich with a very forward flavor of pecans with hints of molasses and burnt caramel and has a very great finish.
[Margaret Encino, seeking an Acme-Ashmun sponsorship:] And we could continue to make Acme-Ashmun forward content.
[…] appetizing home bakes as well as moreish desserts and citrus-forward drinks and cocktails.
The yelow Chartreuse adds extra herbal and spice notes to the drink as well as being a digestif, making this drink the perfect follow-up to a big, spicy meal. It uses a local gin from Ampersand Distilling, which is very bright and citrus forward, further complementing the citrus notes of the drink.
"It's not meme money; you know I curate and execute a brand-forward content experience […] for my clients."
Fresh oregano has a very forward flavor, once it is dried or cooked, it's a bit more mellow.
gloss: Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded.
gloss: At, near or towards the front of something.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: She was sitting well forward in the railway carriage.
The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.
A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
gloss: At, near or towards the front of something.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Most of the men are sleeping forward, for it is near midnight, but a stout swarthy Arab, Mahomed by name, stands at the tiller, lazily steering by the stars.
gloss: In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I leant forward to get a better look.
The grandfather clock toppled forward and crashed to the ground.
gloss: In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward.
Wind the film forward a few frames.
Don't forget to put the clocks forward by one hour tonight!
We need to move this project forward.
gloss: So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Don't wear your baseball cap backward; turn it forward.
gloss: In the usual order or sequence.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: A palindrome reads the same backward as forward.
gloss: Into the future.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: From this day forward, there will be no more brussels sprouts at the cafeteria.
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
gloss: To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The meeting has been moved forward an hour. It was at 3 o'clock; now it's at 2 o'clock.
gloss: To advance, promote.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He did all he could to forward the interests of the school.
Mary had a suspicion that this plan had been arranged beforehand, for she knew how the lewd old woman loved to forward love affairs […].
gloss: To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'll be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone.
One of the most important aspects of the social service operation was the maintaining of a telephone "hot line," supposedly available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week […] This unbelievable achievement was accomplished with the expedient of "call forwarding" which made it possible for all the calls coming in to the CHAT office to be sent by means of technical magic to any other telephone in the area.
gloss: To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To arrive, come.
pos: verb
tags: Caribbean
intransitive
Synonyms: anterior
front
forwards
Antonyms: back
posterior
rear
antonym(s) of
restrained
backward
backwards
rearwards
in reverse
into the past
Derived words: backward in coming forward
spring forward, fall back
unforwarded
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: voor
lang: Bashkir
word: алғы
roman: alğı
lang: Bashkir
word: алдағы
roman: aldağı
lang: Bulgarian
word: преден
roman: preden
lang: Czech
word: přední
lang: Danish
word: forrest
lang: Esperanto
word: antaŭa
lang: Finnish
word: etu-
lang: Finnish
word: etummainen
lang: Finnish
word: etinen
lang: French
word: avant
lang: Galician
word: enfronte
lang: Galician
word: diante
lang: Galician
word: perante
lang: Galician
word: vante
lang: Galician
word: avan
lang: Georgian
word: წინა
roman: c̣ina
lang: German
word: vorder
lang: German
word: vordere
lang: German
word: vorderer
lang: German
word: vorausgerichtet
lang: German
word: vorauszielend
lang: German
word: vorderst
lang: German
word: vorderste
lang: German
word: vorderster
lang: German
word: Front-
lang: German
word: Vorwärts-
lang: Greek
word: εμπρόσθιος
roman: emprósthios
lang: Greek
word: μπροστινός
roman: brostinós
lang: Hindi
word: अगला
roman: aglā
lang: Hindi
word: आगे की ओर
roman: āge kī or
lang: Hindi
word: अग्रस्थ
roman: agrasth
lang: Hungarian
word: elülső
lang: Hungarian
word: elöl lévő
lang: Ido
word: avane
lang: Japanese
word: 前の
roman: mae no
lang: Japanese
word: 前方
roman: zenpō
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: pêşve
lang: Malayalam
word: മുന്നിലെ
roman: munnile
lang: Norwegian
word: fremre
lang: Persian
word: جلو
roman: jolo
lang: Portuguese
word: frontal
lang: Portuguese
word: fronteiro
lang: Portuguese
word: dianteiro
lang: Romanian
word: înainte
lang: Russian
word: пере́дний
roman: perédnij
lang: Russian
word: передово́й
roman: peredovój
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: предњи
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prednji
lang: Swedish
word: främre
lang: Turkish
word: ileri
lang: Turkish
word: ön
lang: Vietnamese
word: đầu
lang: Welsh
word: ymlaen
lang: Afrikaans
word: vorentoe
lang: Afrikaans
word: voorwaarts
lang: Arabic
word: فِي الْمُقَدِّمَة
roman: fī l-muqaddima
lang: Asturian
word: alantre
lang: Azerbaijani
word: irəli
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qabağa
lang: Bashkir
word: алға
roman: alğa
lang: Basque
word: aurrera
lang: Belarusian
word: напе́рад
roman: napjérad
lang: Bulgarian
word: напред
roman: napred
lang: Catalan
word: endavant
lang: Chamicuro
word: kinajti
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 向前
roman: xiàngqián
lang: Czech
word: dopředu
lang: Czech
word: vpřed
lang: Danish
word: fremad
lang: Danish
word: frem
lang: Danish
word: forlæns
lang: Esperanto
word: antaŭen
lang: Even
word: дьулэски
roman: ʒuləski
lang: Evenki
word: дюлэски
roman: ʒuləski
lang: Finnish
word: eteenpäin
lang: French
word: en avant
lang: French
word: aller en avant
lang: French
word: avancer
lang: Galician
word: avante
lang: Galician
word: adiante
lang: Georgian
word: წინ
roman: c̣in
lang: Georgian
word: პირდაპირ
roman: ṗirdaṗir
lang: German
word: vorwärts
lang: German
word: nach vorne
lang: German
word: nach vorn
lang: German
word: vor
lang: German
word: weiter
lang: Greek
word: εμπρός
roman: emprós
lang: Greek
word: μπροστά
roman: brostá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πρόσω
roman: prósō
lang: Hebrew
word: קדימה
roman: kadíma
lang: Hindi
word: आगे
roman: āge
lang: Hindi
word: सामने
roman: sāmne
lang: Hungarian
word: előre
lang: Ido
word: adavane
lang: Indonesian
word: maju
lang: Italian
word: avanti
lang: Japanese
word: 前に
roman: mae ni
lang: Kazakh
word: алға
roman: alğa
lang: Khmer
word: មុខ
roman: muk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: алга
roman: alga
lang: Ladino
word: adelantre
lang: Latin
word: prōrsum
lang: Latin
word: prōsum
lang: Old Leonese
word: adelantre
lang: Macedonian
word: напред
roman: napred
lang: Malayalam
word: മുന്നോട്ട്
roman: munnōṭṭŭ
lang: Malayalam
word: മിന്നിൽ
roman: minnil
lang: Māori
word: whakamua
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠰᠢ
roman: uruɣsi
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠰᠢ ᠪᠠᠨ
roman: uruɣsi-ban
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠰᠢ
roman: emünesi
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠰᠢ ᠪᠡᠨ
roman: emünesi-ben
lang: Mongolian
word: урагш
roman: uragš
lang: Mongolian
word: урагшаа
roman: uragšaa
lang: Mongolian
word: өмнөш
roman: ömnöš
lang: Mongolian
word: өмнөшөө
roman: ömnöšöö
lang: Nanai
word: дюлилэ
roman: ʒulile
lang: Navajo
word: náás
lang: Norwegian
word: framover
lang: Occitan
word: endavant
lang: Polish
word: do przodu
lang: Polish
word: naprzód
lang: Portuguese
word: para frente
lang: Portuguese
word: adiante
lang: Portuguese
word: avante
lang: Russian
word: вперёд
roman: vperjód
lang: Russian
word: да́льше
roman: dálʹše
lang: Russian
word: да́лее
roman: dáleje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: напред
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: напријед
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: napred
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: naprijed
lang: Slovak
word: dopredu
lang: Slovak
word: vpred
lang: Slovene
word: naprej
lang: Spanish
word: adelante
lang: Spanish
word: avante
lang: Old Spanish
word: adelante
lang: Swedish
word: framåt
lang: Tatar
word: алга
roman: alğa
lang: Turkish
word: ileriye
lang: Turkish
word: öne
lang: Ukrainian
word: упере́д
roman: uperéd
lang: Ukrainian
word: напере́д
roman: naperéd
lang: Urdu
word: آگے
roman: āge
lang: Vietnamese
word: trên
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאָרויס
roman: foroys
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאָרווערטס
roman: forverts
lang: Yiddish
word: אויף ווײַטער
roman: oyf vayter