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for⋅ward

  [fawr-werd]
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–adverb Also, forwards.
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 (defs. 4, 5).
–adjective
6. directed toward a point in advance; moving ahead; onward: a forward motion.
7. being in a condition of advancement; well-advanced: It was quite forward in the season when we finished our planting.
8. ready, prompt, or eager.
9. presumptuous, impertinent, or bold: a rude, forward child.
10. situated in the front or forepart: the forward part of the ship.
11. of or pertaining to the future; for the future or forward delivery: forward buying; a forward price.
12. lying ahead or to the front: Take the forward path.
13. radical or extreme, as persons or opinions: the forward trend in certain liberal thought.
–noun
14. Sports.
a. a player stationed in advance of others on a team.
b. Football. a lineman.
c. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
15. Finance. something bought, as a security, for future delivery.
–verb (used with object)
16. to send forward; transmit, esp. to a new address: to forward a letter.
17. to advance or help onward; promote: The training will help to forward your career.
–verb (used without object)
18. to advance or play a mechanism, recording tape, cassette, etc., in the forward direction: to find a musical selection without forwarding through the whole cassette.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE for(e)weard. See fore 1 , -ward

Related forms:
for⋅ward⋅a⋅ble, adjective
for⋅ward⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. Forward, onward both indicate a direction toward the front or a movement in a frontward direction. Forward applies to any movement toward what is or is conceived to be the front or a goal: to face forward; to move forward in the aisles. Onward applies to any movement in continuance of a course: to march onward toward a goal. 8. willing, earnest, zealous. 9. assuming, impudent. See bold. 11. early, preliminary, future, premature. 13. unconventional, progressive. 17. further, foster.

Antonyms:
6. backward.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Word Origin & History

forward 
O.E. foreweard "toward the front," from fore + -ward. The verb is first recorded 1596. Sense of "early" is from 1526; that of "presumptuous" is attested from 1561. The position in football so called since 1879. British Eng. until mid-20c. preserved the distinction between forward and forwards, the latter expressing "a definite direction viewed in contrast with other directions." In Amer.Eng., however, forward prevails in all senses since Webster (1832) damned forwards as "a corruption."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: for·ward
Function: noun
: FORWARD CONTRACT at, CONTRACT
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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