| forward | (n) the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey |
| forward | (n) a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team |
| forward | (v) send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit, Syn. send on, Example: forward my mail |
| forward | (adj) at or near or directed toward the front, Ant. backward, Example: the forward section of the aircraft; a forward plunge down the stairs; forward motion |
| forward | (adj) used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty, Ant. backward, Example: a forward child badly in need of discipline |
| forward | (adj) of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle, Ant. reverse, Example: in a forward gear |
| forward | (adv) at or to or toward the front; ; ; ; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations), Syn. forrard, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forwards, Ant. backward, Example: he faced forward; step forward; she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine |
| forwarding | (n) the act of sending on to another destination, Example: the forwarding of mail to a new address is done automatically; the forwarding of resumes to the personnel department |
| forwarding | (n) the advancement of some enterprise, Syn. furtherance, promotion, Example: his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career |
| forwardness | (n) an advanced stage, Example: the forwardness of the harvest this year; the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter |
| Forward | n. [ OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before + weard a ward. See Ward, n. ] An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. Chaucer. |
| Forward | a. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Gal. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ] Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ] The most forward bud |
| Forward | v. t. |
| Forwarder | n. |
| Forwarding | n. |
| forward-looking | adj. planning for the future; concerned primarily with the future; -- contrasted with conern for the immediate present or reacting to past events. |
| Forwardly | adv. Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Forwardness | n. The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; In France it is usual to bring children into company, and cherish in them, from their infancy, a kind of forwardness and assurance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] He had such a dexterous proclivity, as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton. |
| Forwards | |
| Forwards | adv. Same as Forward. [ 1913 Webster ] |