Definitions for Forward

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Forward for·ward

Spelling: [fawr-werd]

IPA: /ˈfɔr wərd/

Forward is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in Forward (adforrw).

Definitions for Forward

noun

1. Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
2. Finance. something bought, as a security, for future delivery.

adverb

1. toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead:
2. toward the front:
3. into view or consideration; out; forth:
4. toward the bow or front of a vessel or aircraft.
5. ahead (defs 4, 5).

adjective

1. directed toward a point in advance; moving ahead; onward:
2. being in a condition of advancement; well-advanced:
3. ready, prompt, or eager.
4. presumptuous, impertinent, or bold:
5. situated in the front or forepart:
6. of or relating to the future; for the future or forward delivery:
7. lying ahead or to the front:
8. radical or extreme, as persons or opinions:
9. standing out from others (sometimes used in combination):

verb (used with object)

1. to send forward; transmit, especially to a new address:
2. to advance or help onward; promote:

verb (used without object)

1. to advance or play a cassette, digital recording, slide projector, etc., in the forward direction:

Origin of Forward

before 900; Middle English; Old English for(e)weard. See fore¹, -ward

Examples for Forward

Mr Clayton was pushing me forward, and urging a dagger into my hand.

She drew him forward a little, and her hand touched his as she did so.

We learn nothing, we take no forward step, except as we are whipped to it by anguish.

They are creative, investing a lot, and are forward thinking.

With the rallying cries of these women propelling us forward, the time to move from rhetoric to reality is now.

“Lack of forward firing ordnance in a CAS supporting aircraft is a major handicap,” he added.

And jest when I was lookin' forward to luxury and palaces in England, and everything so grand!

We are like men in a subterranean cave, so chained that they can look only forward to the entrance.

You would only see it for a second, but it would drive you forward.

His speeches, which he wrote himself, were frequently brilliant, even if they too often pointed backward instead of forward.