Definitions & Examples
adverb
Sense 2
"he faced forward"
"step forward"
"she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)"
adjective
Sense 6
"the forward section of the aircraft"
"a forward plunge down the stairs"
"forward motion"
Opposites:
backward
verb
Sense 9
"forward my mail"
Derived:
forwarding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
noun
Sense 10
adverb
Sense 12
"I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"
"I look forward to seeing you"
adverb
Sense 13
"from that time forth"
"from the sixth century onward"
adverb
Sense 14
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
15
Total Synonyms
20
Total Relationships
50
Times Searched
3
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