Forward

['fɔːwəd] or ['fɔrwɚd]

Definition

(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'.

(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' .

(adv.) 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'; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations).

Checker: Nathan--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

(adv.) Alt. of Forwards

(a.) Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.

(a.) Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.

(a.) Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years.

(a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.

(v. t.) To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.

(v. t.) To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

Editor: Val

Synonyms and Synonymous

ad. Onward, progressively, not backward.

a. [1]. Onward, progressive.[2]. Front, fore, at the fore part, near the fore part.[3]. Ready, prompt, willing, eager, earnest, zealous.[4]. Bold, confident, presumptuous, presuming, impertinent, pert, flippant, brazen, assuming, brazen-faced, BRASSY, CHEEKY.[5]. Early, premature.

v. a. [1]. Advance, promote, further, foster, support, favor, encourage, help on, help forward.[2]. Quicken, hasten, accelerate, expedite, speed, despatch, hurry.[3]. Transmit, send on, send forward.

Typed by Kate

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Advanced, ready, eager, anxious, obtrusive, self-assertive, impertinent,progressive, onward, confident, bold, presumptuous

ANT:Tardy, backward, reluctant, indifferent, slow, retiring, modest

Checked by Lilith

Definition

adj. near or at the forepart: in advance of something else: ready: too ready: presumptuous: officious: earnest: early ripe.—v.t. to help on to quicken: to send on.—advs. For′ward For′wards towards what is before or in front: onward: progressively.—ns. For′warder; For′warding the act of sending forward merchandise &c. for others.—adv. For′wardly.—n. For′wardness.

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