forward

1. towards the direction that is in front of you: She leaned forward to whisper something in my ear.

2. towards the goal or area that is defended by your opponent: The player launched the ball forward in the hope of catching the defenders off guard. The army pushed forward in the direction of the enemy camp.

3. towards the future: I always look forward, not back.

4. from that day forward after that point: From that day forward they never spoke to each other.

5. used in expressions related to progress: step forward This is a big step forward for democracy.

6. going forward used, especially in business, to mean "in the future": This could become a problem going forward.

1. towards the direction that is in front of you: forward motion/movement

2. in the front part of something: the forward bulkhead of the submarine

3. relating to the future: forward planning/thinking

4. confident and honest in a way that ignores the usual social rules and might seem rude: Do you think it was forward of me to invite her to dinner when we'd only just met?

5. in cricket, standing further in front of the batter (= the player who tries to hit the ball) than is usual for a player in that position: I often field at forward short leg.

1. to send a letter, etc., especially from someone's old address to their new address, or to send a letter, email, etc. that you have received to someone else: forward something to someone/something I'll forward any mail to your new address. I'll forward his email to you if you're interested.

1. in sports such as football and basketball, a player who is in an attacking position in a team

2. in rugby, one of the players who take part in the scrums (= where players push against each other) and lineouts (= where players form a line and jump up to catch the ball) and try to win the ball for their team: I usually play as a front-row forward. New Zealand used their powerful forwards to control the game.

1. directed toward the front or in the direction you are facing, or directed toward the future: a forward motion the forward part of an airplane

2. too noticeable or confident; rude: It was awfully forward of him to invite himself over for dinner.

1. to send e-mail to someone else or to a different address after you have received it: I’ll forward that e-mail to you.

2. To forward something that you have received means to send it to a different place: The post office will forward my mail while I’m away.

1. a player whose position is nearer the opposing team’s goal in team sports such as basketball, soccer, and hockey

1. toward the front, toward the direction in which you are facing, or toward a future time or better condition: I leaned forward and glared at her. The project moved forward slowly. Set your clocks forward one hour to daylight saving time. fig. Because of the story in the paper, a witness came forward (= spoke to authorities).

1. to send a letter, email, or package that you have received to someone else: Emails can be sent with a code that prevents them being forwarded or printed out. forward sth to sb He said he forwarded the information to the mayor and asked for a meeting.

1. relating to the future: forward planning/thinking I'm a great believer in forward planning, and doing as much groundwork as possible.

2. relating to a sale of currencies, goods, etc. at a fixed price which will be given to a buyer at a future date: This forward sale agreement binds the farmer to deliver a specified quantity of grain at a certain time in the future.

3. Analysts had speculated as much as 200 tons of gold had been sold forward.

1. : near, being at, or belonging to the forepart the forward section of the main deck

2. : strongly inclined : ready always forward to help his neighbors

3. : notably advanced or developed : precocious The child is very forward at walking.

4. : moving, tending, or leading toward a position in front checked the forward movement of the dog also : moving toward an opponent's goal

5. : advocating an advanced policy in the direction of what is considered progress a firm forward policy

6. : of, relating to, or getting ready for the future forward buying of produce

7. : characterized by : full of —used in combination *… the region produces simple, fruit-forward wines with good value. —Brad Stone*

1. : to or toward what is ahead or in front from that time forward moved slowly forward

1. (transitive verb) : to help onward : promote forwarded his friend's career

2. (transitive verb) : to send forward : transmit will forward the goods on receipt of your check

1. : a player who plays at the front of the team's formation near the opponent's goal a forward in hockey

1. toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead. to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.

2. toward the front. Let's move forward so we can hear better.

3. into view or consideration; out; forth. He brought forward several good suggestions.

4. toward the bow or front of a vessel or aircraft.

5. ahead.

1. directed toward a point in advance; moving ahead; onward. The chest-high snow made forward motion almost impossible.

2. being in a condition of advancement; well-advanced. It was quite forward in the season when we finished our planting.

3. presumptuous, impertinent, or bold. That girl is a rude, forward child.

4. situated in the front or forepart. The bow is the forward part of the ship.

5. of or relating to the future; for the future or forward delivery. In August the hog packer was offering a forward price of $1.81/kg for hogs delivered in September.

6. lying ahead or to the front. Take the forward path.

7. radical or extreme, as persons or opinions. The group represents a forward trend in liberal thought.

8. standing out from others (sometimes used in combination). These fashion-forward celebrities set the trends for the rest of us. Sage is an herb with a strong, forward flavor.

9. ready, prompt, or eager.

1. Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.

2. Finance. something bought, as a security, for future delivery.

1. to send forward; transmit, especially to a new address. He asked me to forward his mail while he’s in Japan.

2. to advance or help onward; promote. The training will help to forward your career.

1. to advance or play a cassette, digital recording, slide projector, etc., in the forward direction. Forward through the first few ballads to get to the dance tracks on this album.

1. put forward. put.

1. pay it forward. pay.

2. put one's best foot forward. foot.

1. directed or moving ahead

2. lying or situated in or near the front part of something

3. presumptuous, pert, or impudent a forward remark

4. well developed or advanced, esp in physical, material, or intellectual growth or development forward ideas

5. archaic (often postpositive) ready, eager, or willing

6. of or relating to the future or favouring change; progressive ( in combination ) forward-looking

7. finance realting to fulfilment at a future date

8. (of an animal) in good condition

1. an email that has been sent to one recipient and then forwarded to another (in American football) a lineman

2. an attacking player in any of various sports, such as soccer, hockey, or basketball

1. a variant of forwards

2. towards the front or bow of an aircraft or ship

3. into prominence or a position of being subject to public scrutiny; out; forth the witness came forward

1. to send forward or pass on to an ultimate destination the letter was forwarded from a previous address

2. to advance, help, or promote to forward one's career

3. bookbinding to prepare (a book) for the finisher

1. see backward and forward; carry forward; come forward; from this day forward; know like a book (backwards and forwards); look forward; put forward; put one's best foot forward; set forward.

1. Situated toward or at the front of something. (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.

2. Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.

3. Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.

4. (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress. 1945 April 12, Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Franklin D. Roosevelt's Last Message to the American People”, in Library of Congress‎[1]:

5. Having the usual order or sequence.

6. (finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.

7. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious. c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 154, column 2:

8. Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC: 1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown‎[2]: 1999:, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 44 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)

9. Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing). 2015 June 1, Mike Cortez, Beer Lover's Texas: Best Breweries, Brewpubs & Beer Bars, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 10: 2022 March 30, "Go Big or Go Home", Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey (Dropout), 2:39:31: 2023 June 13, Ryland Peters & Small, Frozen Sweet Treats & Desserts, Ryland Peters & Small, →ISBN: 2023 August 29, Janet Gyenes, Vancouver Cocktails: An Elegant Collection of Over 100 Recipes Inspired by the City on the Sea, →ISBN, page 182: 2024 October 1, Louise Hung, Hungry Bones, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN: 2025 March 25, Bevin Cohen, Herbs in Every Season: 48 Edible and Medicinal Herbs for the Kitchen, Garden, and Apothecary, Timber Press, →ISBN:

10. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty. [to 19th century] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 2:10: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

1. At, near or towards the front of something. 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016: (nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel). 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

2. In the direction in which someone or something is facing.

3. In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.

4. So that front and back are in the usual orientation.

5. In the usual order or sequence.

6. Into the future. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

7. To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.

1. (transitive) To advance, promote. 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 26:

2. (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party. 1981 April 4, Steve Owens, “We Are God's Children Too”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

3. (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.

4. (intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.

1. (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).

2. (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.

3. (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.

4. (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.

5. (nautical) The front part of a vessel.

6. (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter. 2004, Tamara Stevens, What Is Snail Mail?: The Lost Art of Letterwriting, page 27: 2009, Joli Ballew, Windows 7 for the Over 50s in Simple Steps:

7. (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.

8. Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.

1. advancing, early Synonyms : ahead, leading, onward, forth, progressing, progressive, forward-looking, in advance, precocious, premature, propulsive, well-developed Antonyms : back, backward, last, later, meek, past, reserved, reversing, shy, timid

2. in front, first Synonyms : leading, advance, anterior, facial, fore, front, head, foremost, ventral Antonyms : ending, back, backward, last, later, meek, past, reserved, reversing, shy, timid

3. brash, impertinent Synonyms : assuming, bantam, bold, brazen, familiar, presuming, pushing, smart, wise, aggressive, audacious, bare-faced, cheeky, coming on strong, confident, fresh, impudent, nervy, overassertive, overweening, pert, presumptuous, pushy, rude, sassy, saucy, self-assertive, smart-alecky, uppity Antonyms : ignorant, meek, shy, stupid, timid, unintelligent, back, backward, last, later, past, reserved, reversing

1. toward the front in order, time Synonyms : ahead, along, onward, out, ante, fore, forth, alee, antecedently, before, beforehand, in advance, into prominence, into view, on, precedently, previous, to the fore, vanward Antonyms : back, backward, past

1. aid, expedite Synonyms : promote, uphold, advance, assist, back, champion, cultivate, encourage, favor, foster, further, hasten, help, hurry, serve, speed, support Antonyms : block, check, decrease, delay, discourage, dissuade, halt, hinder, hurt, ignore, neglect, obstruct, oppose, procrastinate, refuse, rest, slow, stop, thwart, cease, hold, impede, keep, maintain

2. send, ship Synonyms : address, deliver, dispatch, express, transmit, consign, freight, post, remit, route, transport Antonyms : hold, keep, retain, cease, halt, hinder, impede, maintain, stop

Present Simple — I forward, you forward, it/she/he forwards, we forward, you all forward, they forward

Future Simple — I will forward, you will forward, it/she/he will forward, we will forward, you all will forward, they will forward

Past Simple — I forwarded, you forwarded, it/she/he forwarded, we forwarded, you all forwarded, they forwarded

Conditional Simple — I would forward, you would forward, it/she/he would forward, we would forward, you all would forward, they would forward

Present Progressive — I am forwarding, you are forwarding, it/she/he is forwarding, we are forwarding, you all are forwarding, they are forwarding

Future Progressive — I will be forwarding, you will be forwarding, it/she/he will be forwarding, we will be forwarding, you all will be forwarding, they will be forwarding

Past Progressive — I was forwarding, you were forwarding, it/she/he was forwarding, we were forwarding, you all were forwarding, they were forwarding

Conditional Progressive — I would be forwarding, you would be forwarding, it/she/he would be forwarding, we would be forwarding, you all would be forwarding, they would be forwarding

Present Perfect — I have forwarded, you have forwarded, it/she/he has forwarded, we have forwarded, you all have forwarded, they have forwarded

Future Perfect — I will have forwarded, you will have forwarded, it/she/he will have forwarded, we will have forwarded, you all will have forwarded, they will have forwarded

Past Perfect — I had forwarded, you had forwarded, it/she/he had forwarded, we had forwarded, you all had forwarded, they had forwarded

Conditional Perfect — I would have forwarded, you would have forwarded, it/she/he would have forwarded, we would have forwarded, you all would have forwarded, they would have forwarded

Present Perfect Progressive — I have been forwarding, you have been forwarding, it/she/he has been forwarding, we have been forwarding, you all have been forwarding, they have been forwarding

Future Perfect Progressive — I will have been forwarding, you will have been forwarding, it/she/he will have been forwarding, we will have been forwarding, you all will have been forwarding, they will have been forwarding

Past Perfect Progressive — I had been forwarding, you had been forwarding, it/she/he had been forwarding, we had been forwarding, you all had been forwarding, they had been forwarding

Conditional Perfect Progressive — I would have been forwarding, you would have been forwarding, it/she/he would have been forwarding, we would have been forwarding, you all would have been forwarding, they would have been forwarding

Old English forewearde "toward the front, in front; toward the future; at the beginning;" see fore + -ward.

1590s, "help push forward," from forward (adv.). The meaning "send (a letter, etc.) on to another destination" is attested by 1757; later used in reference to e-mail. Related: Forwarded; forwarding. also from 1590s

Old English foreweard, "the fore or front part" of something, "outpost; scout;" see forward (adv.). The position in football so called since 1879.

Old English foreweard "fore, forward; early; in front, inclined to the front," also "superior," from fore "before" -weard (see -ward). From the notion of "in a condition of advancement, far along in progress or growth" it was extended in early Modern English to "ready in action or disposition, prompt," and, in a derogatory sense, "over-helpful, presumptuous, impertinent" (by 1560s).

Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.

Forward may also refer to:

- Forward (surname)

- Forward (association football) - Forward (basketball), including: Point forward Power forward Small forward - Forward (ice hockey) Power forward (ice hockey) - In rugby football: Forwards (rugby league), in rugby league football Forwards (rugby union), in rugby union football - Forward Sports, a Pakistan sportswear brand - BK Forward, a Swedish club for association football and bandy

- Avante (political party) (Portuguese for forward), a political party in Brazil - Endavant (Catalan for forward), a socialist pro-independence organization in Catalonia - Forward (Belgium), a political party in Belgium - Forward (Bosnia and Herzegovina), a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Forward (Denmark), a political party in Denmark - Forward (Greenland), a political party in Greenland - Forward Party (United States), a centrist American political party - Kadima (Hebrew for forward), a political party in Israel - La République En Marche! (sometimes translated as Forward!), a political party in France - Socialist League Vpered ("Forward"), a political party in Russia

- Forward, Saskatchewan

- Forward, Wisconsin - Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - Forward Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania

- Forward!, a 1985 collection of short stories by Gordon R. Dickson - Forward: Stories of Tomorrow, a 2019 collection of science fiction short stories by various authors - Forward Prizes for Poetry - The Forward (Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס), a Jewish-American, Yiddish/English newspaper from New York - Forward (Scottish newspaper), socialist weekly founded in 1906 - Forward (Sri Lanka), a defunct English-language Communist Party weekly newspaper - Forward (Syrian magazine), an English-language newsmagazine 2009–2011 - Avante! ("Forward!"), a publication of the Portuguese Communist Party - Avanti! (newspaper) ("Forward!"), a publication of the Italian Socialist Party - Eteenpäin ("Forward"), a Communist Party USA Finnish-language newspaper in the United States - Új Előre ("New Forward"), a Communist Hungarian-language newspaper in the United States - Vorwärts ("Forward"), a publication of the Social Democratic Party of Germany - Vorwärts! ("Forward!"), a radical German-language paper published in Paris in 1844, covering art and culture - Vorwärts (Czechoslovak newspaper) ("Forward!"), a newspaper of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

- "Forward", Wisconsin state motto - "Forward", motto of the English city of Birmingham - "Forward", Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign slogan

- Forward (The Abyssinians album), 1982 - Forward (Ayla Brown album) or the title song, 2006 - Forward (Turn album) or the title song, 2003 - Forward (Brand New Heavies album), 2013 - Forward (Flame album), 2015 - Forward (Jordan Ward album), 2023 - Forward (Hoobastank album), 2000 - "Naprej, zastava slave" ("Forward, the Flag of Glory"), the former Slovene anthem, originally titled "Naprej" (Forward!) - "Forward" (song), by Beyoncé from Lemonade, 2016 - "Forward", a song by Band-Maid from Maid in Japan

- Email forwarding, a mechanism by which a mail server sends the emails of one of its users to another address. - Forward (aircraft), front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship - Forward declaration in computer programming, is a partial declaration before it is completely defined - Forward converter, electronic circuit - Forward contract, a financial agreement to buy or sell an asset at a pre-agreed future point - Isuzu Forward, a line of medium-duty trucks - Landwind Forward, a subcompact sedan - Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development, a British charity - Forward, a sculpture by Raymond Mason, located in Birmingham before being destroyed by arson - Forward, a statue by Jean Miner Coburn in Madison, Wisconsin