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(satellite adjective) moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events" |
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Synonyms: onward |
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(adverb) 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) |
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Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards |
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Antonyms: backward |
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(satellite adjective) situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft" |
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(adjective) at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" |
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Antonyms: backward |
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(adjective) of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" |
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Antonyms: reverse |
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(adjective) used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" |
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Antonyms: backward |
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(noun) a position on a basketball team |
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Related Words: position |
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(satellite adjective) situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship" |
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(verb) send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" |
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Synonyms: send on |
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Related Words: send, ship, transport |
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(noun) the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team |
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Related Words: basketball player, basketeer, cager |
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(adverb) 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" |
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Synonyms: ahead |
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Antonyms: backward |
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(adverb) forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" |
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Synonyms: forth, onward |
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(adverb) near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" |
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Synonyms: fore |
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(satellite adjective) moving forward |
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Synonyms: advancing, forward-moving |
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(adverb) 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" |
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Synonyms: ahead, forrader, forwards, onward, onwards |
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