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Meaning of forward
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forward
adv 1: 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) [syn: {forward},
{forwards}, {frontward}, {frontwards}, {forrad},
{forrard}] [ant: {back}, {backward}, {backwards},
{rearward}, {rearwards}]
2: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth";
"from the sixth century onward" [syn: {forth}, {forward},
{onward}]
3: 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" [syn: {ahead}, {forward}] [ant: {back},
{backward}]
4: 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" [syn: {ahead},
{onward}, {onwards}, {forward}, {forwards}, {forrader}]
5: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the
captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
[syn: {fore}, {forward}] [ant: {abaft}, {aft}, {astern}]
adj 1: at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward
section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the
stairs"; "forward motion" [ant: {backward}]
2: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or
modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" [ant:
{backward}]
3: of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor
vehicle; "in a forward gear" [ant: {reverse}]
4: moving forward [syn: {advancing}, {forward}, {forward-
moving}]
n 1: the person who plays the position of forward in certain
games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
2: a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
v 1: send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in
transit; "forward my mail" [syn: {forward}, {send on}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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