forward
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1.0
- adverb
- /ˈfɔːrwərd/
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en adelante
- The kids looked forward to that; it's a good way to start off your day.
- move forward
- look forward to
- going forward
And, and yeah, from that point forward, my life changed.
- And, and yeah, from that point forward, my life changed.
- OK, shall I just go forward with least squares?
- It's like a Geo force moving you forward to your solution.
- SANKOFA mean is looking forward as well as reaching back.
- In the best of scenarios, it's three steps forward and two steps back.
- Whoever was in charge of of going forward with Mixer, you are dumb.
- It doesn't mean move forward under your own understanding.
- If you think that that's the way we should move forward, great, I'm leaving.
- If you want to move forward, go backwards.
Examples
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I look forward to it.
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As education moves forward, the model of the "educated citizen" will need to be revised.
Academic text (2011) -
And, and yeah, from that point forward, my life changed.
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And it said you can move forward but you never move on.
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And you do not move forward until you have done that.
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Something to look forward to.
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It's just that it's one of the things I look forward to when we're here.
Fiction book (1990) -
I can see new changes ahead; I am looking forward and not back.
Academic text (1999) -
I think what's left as we move forward are three key challenges.
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From that point forward, she felt more confident in her decisions.
Synonyms
420
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
4
1.4
Starts at a certain time or age and continues after it
3
2.3
Starting at a time and continuing after it
1
7.5
From now on
1
9.3
From that time on
1
1.0
Towards the front or a place ahead
From that time on
Antonyms
Idioms
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
Compounds
- Literature
1
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
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 is made of fore 'before' and -ward 'toward', so it can mean moving 'toward the future' or 'onward'. That's why thinking forward means looking ahead or moving toward progress.