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Forward   /fˈɔrwərd/   Listen
adverb
Forwards, Forward  adv.  Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; opposed to backward.



adjective
Forward  adj.  
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; too hasty. "Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do." "Nor do we find him forward to be sounded."
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."
4.
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring. "The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow."



noun
Forward  n.  An agreement; a covenant; a promise. (Obs.) "Tell us a tale anon, as forward is."



verb
Forward  v. t.  (past & past part. forwarded; pres. part. 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.






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"Forward" Quotes from Famous Books



... described, backed by the general sentiment of the south, and actively supported by the administration and by leading Democrats who had held high positions in the public service. On the other side were a large number of free state men in the western states, who looked forward to the opening of Nebraska and Kansas as a new field of enterprise. They were quite ready to fight for their opinions against slavery. They were supported by a general feeling of resentment in the north, caused by the repeal of the ...
— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman

... glance forward and back dispelled this hope; there was not the gleam of a lantern in sight. But somebody was running after him, almost beside him, and there were yells and shots out of the dark behind. Now the runner ...
— Trail's End • George W. Ogden

... is to go forward successfully again in the power and spirit of that Master whom it constantly invokes as "the way, the truth, and the life," it must make that way and life its guiding truth. It must aim constantly at greater simplicity in its teaching, and a broader, ...
— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 • Various

... concerto (Op. 61) of Beethoven, which was first played by Clement, December 23, 1806. This concerto bears evidence of having been written in a hurry. Clement played it at sight without rehearsal, and, as a consequence of its being brought forward in such a slipshod manner, it was very seldom heard until its revival by Joachim. The MS. shows that the solo part was the object of much thought and alteration by the composer, but evidently after ...
— Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday • Henry C. Lahee

... to the 3rd L.R.V., Mr. Berry to the Queen's Park, and Mr. Groves to the Celtic, Mr. Kelly was to his old club, the Renton—viz., a grand man. Kelly, I think, first came out as a forward, and played as such for his county against Renfrewshire in 1885, and also in this tussle on Cathkin Park, but he eventually developed into a very fine half-back, and played against England as such twice—in 1888 for his mother club, and last season for his new ...
— Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches • David Drummond Bone


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