forward
120
1.0
- adjective
- /ˈfɔːrwərd/
- 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
∞
7.4
From a starting point forward in time or place
∞
1.0
In front or moving forward to make progress
65
2.7
Moving forward from a certain time or place
30
1.0
Towards the front or a place ahead
15
3.4
Directly in front of you
5
5.0
Toward the front of a ship or plane
2
2.2
From a time or place and continuing forward
1
8.2
Toward the front of the body or a body part
1
5.8
From the side that faces another person or thing
1
5.1
To move toward the front
1
4.7
Toward the front of something
1
3.6
Facing forward so the front part points ahead
1
5.1
Toward the front
1
9.1
Toward the head or front of something
Toward the front of a ship or other place
Antonyms
Idioms
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
Compounds
- Literature
9
7.5
A scene in a book or film that jumps ahead to show events in the future
- Specialized
1
7.3
An amount of profit or loss that a company moves from a past financial period to the next period
- Specialized
1
7.2
A market where people buy and sell contracts to deliver goods or money later
1
5.6
A player in American football who throws the ball forward to move it down the field
- Specialized
1
7.9
An agreement to buy or sell something for future delivery at a set price
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.