forward

Meaning

1. Situated toward or at the front of something.
2. Situated toward or at the front of something.
3. Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
4. Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
5. Moving in the desired direction of progress.
6. Having the usual order or sequence.
7. Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
8. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
9. Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
10. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.

ahead

onward

go forward

forward-moving

officious

be ill-mannered

the front

forward direction

in one’s way

send forward

file notice

over-free

positive-going

forthputting

positive direction

perfectious

abreast

attacking player

address

at the head

forward contract

Frequency

Hyphenated as

for‧ward

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔːwəd/

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).