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Forward
Forward For"ward, a.
1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else;
as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a
fleet.
2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense,
overready; to hasty.
Only they would that we should remember the poor;
the same which I also was forward to do. --Gal. ii.
10.
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. --Shak.
3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or
modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too
forward for his years.
I have known men disagreeably forward from their
shyness. --T. Arnold.
4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as,
the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a
forward spring.
ForwardForward For"ward, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forwarded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Forwarding.]
1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to
quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant;
to forward one in improvement.
2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination;
to transmit; as, to forward a letter. ForwardForward For"ward, n. [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before +
weard a ward. See Ward, n.]
An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]
Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. --Chaucer. ForwardForward For"ward, Forwards For"wards, adv. [AS. forweard,
foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw["a]rts. The
s is properly a genitive ending. See For, Fore, and
-ward, -wards.]
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in
advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
Meaning of Forward from wikipedia
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Forward is a
relative direction, the
opposite of backward.
Forward may also
refer to:
Forward (surname)
Forward (****ociation football)
Forward (basketball)...
- The
Forward (Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס, romanized: Forverts),
formerly known as The
Jewish Daily Forward, is an
American news
media organization for a Jewish...
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Forwards are the
players on an ****ociation
football team who play
nearest to the
opposing team's goal, and are
therefore most
responsible for
scoring goals...
- The
small forward (SF), also
known as the three, is one of the five
positions in a
regulation basketball game.
Small forwards are
typically shorter, quicker...
- A
forwarder is a
forestry vehicle that
carries big
felled logs from the
stump to a
roadside landing.
Unlike a skidder, a
forwarder carries logs
clear of...
- the
three main
positions are guard,
forward, and center, with the
standard team
featuring two guards, two
forwards, and a center. Over time, as more specialized...
- Pay it
forward is an
expression for
describing the
beneficiary of a good deed
repaying the
kindness to
others instead of to the
original benefactor. The...
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Forward the
Foundation is a
novel by
American writer Isaac Asimov,
published posthumously in 1993. It is the
second of two
prequels to the Foundation...
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Store and
forward is a
telecommunications technique in
which information is sent to an
intermediate station where it is kept and sent at a
later time...
- The
power forward (PF), also
known as the four, is a
position in basketball.
Power forwards play a role
similar to centers. They
typically play 'offensively'...
