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forward

/ forward /
noun/adverb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a position on a basketball team
Type of:
position
Has parts:
basketball team five
adverb Sense 2
at or to or toward the front
"he faced forward"
"step forward"
"she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)"
Opposites:
back backward backwards rearward rearwards
Domain:
dialect idiom accent
adjective satellite Sense 3
situated at or toward the front
"the fore cabins"
"the forward part of the ship"
Similar:
fore(a)
adjective Sense 4
used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
"a forward child badly in need of discipline"
Similar:
brash cheeky nervy bumptious self-assertive fresh impertinent impudent
Opposites:
backward
See also:
bold
adjective Sense 5
of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
"in a forward gear"
Similar:
first low second
Opposites:
reverse
adjective Sense 6
at or near or directed toward the front
"the forward section of the aircraft"
"a forward plunge down the stairs"
"forward motion"
Similar:
guardant(ip) gardant(ip) full-face headfirst headlong
Opposites:
backward
See also:
fore(a) progressive
adjective satellite Sense 7
situated in the front
"the forward section of the aircraft"
Similar:
front(a)
adjective satellite Sense 8
moving toward a position ahead
"forward motion"
"the onward course of events"
Similar:
advancing
verb Sense 9
send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
"forward my mail"
Type of:
transport send ship
Derived:
forwarding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
noun Sense 10
the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
Type of:
basketball player basketeer cager
Kinds of:
Erving Julius Erving Julius Winfield Erving Dr. J
adjective satellite Sense 11
moving forward
Similar:
progressive
adverb Sense 12
toward the future; forward in time
"I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"
"I look forward to seeing you"
Opposites:
back backward
adverb Sense 13
forward in time or order or degree
"from that time forth"
"from the sixth century onward"
adverb Sense 14
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
Opposites:
aft abaft astern
adverb Sense 15
in a forward direction
"go ahead"
"the train moved ahead slowly"
"the boat lurched ahead"
"moved onward into the forest"
"they went slowly forward in the mud"
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
15
Total Synonyms
20
Total Relationships
50
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

position back backward backwards rearward rearwards fore(a) brash cheeky nervy bumptious self-assertive