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FORWARD

  • (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 : send on

  • (adj.) at or near or directed toward the front

    "the forward section of the aircraft", "a forward plunge down the stairs", "forward motion"

  • (adj.) of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

    "in a forward gear"

  • (adj.) used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty

    "a forward child badly in need of discipline"

  • (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"

    synonyms : ahead , forrader , forwards , onward , onwards

  • (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"

    synonyms : forrad , forrard , forwards , frontward , frontwards

  • (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"

    synonyms : ahead

  • (adverb) forward in time or order or degree

    "from that time forth", "from the sixth century onward"

    synonyms : forth , onward

  • (adverb) near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

    "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

    synonyms : fore

  • (adj.) moving forward

    synonyms : advancing , forward-moving

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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