forward
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈfɔːrwərd/
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delantero
- The child sat in a forward-facing seat during the car ride to ensure safety.
- forward and backward
- forward direction
- forward motion
Examples
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And with Tom Clarke's advent came a kind of a positive, forward movement.
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Land's advance guard presses forward into the Aosta Valley.
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Most of the increase was to provide for an active, forward military defense of Western Europe.
Academic text (2013) -
For a moment, there is a sense of intense forward movement, a rush toward oblivion.
Fiction book (1990) -
Copenhagen has added a major dimension to that forward movement, perhaps the most fundamental since 1975.
Academic text (1990) -
The coach instructed the players to move forward and support their teammates.
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She stood at the forward section of the stage to greet the audience.
Synonyms
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1.0
In front or moving forward to make progress
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7.4
From a starting point forward in time or place
45
2.7
Moving forward from a certain time or place
17
2.2
From a time or place and continuing forward
14
3.4
Directly in front of you
4
5.0
Toward the front of a ship or plane
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8.2
Toward the front of the body or a body part
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5.8
From the side that faces another person or thing
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1.0
Towards the front or a place ahead
Toward the front of something
To move toward the front
Toward the front
Toward the front of a ship or other place
Facing forward so the front part points ahead
Toward the head or front of something
Antonyms
Idioms
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
Compounds
- Literature
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7.5
A scene in a book or film that jumps ahead to show events in the future
- Specialized
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7.3
An amount of profit or loss that a company moves from a past financial period to the next period
- Specialized
An agreement to buy or sell something for future delivery at a set price
- Specialized
A market where people buy and sell contracts to deliver goods or money later
A player in American football who throws the ball forward to move it down the field
How Forward
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forward comes from the old parts fore 'in front' and -ward 'toward', so it literally means 'toward the front'. This is why forward describes something that is near the front or facing ahead.