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[noun] a position on a basketball team
[noun] the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
[adv] 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"
[adv] 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)
[adv] 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"
[adv] forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
[adv] near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
[adjective] moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"
[adjective] situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
[adjective] at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
[adjective] of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
[adjective] used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
[adjective] situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"
[adjective] moving forward
[verb] send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"
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\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.
\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.
\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. The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. --Shak.
\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.

Synonyms for forward

advancing, ahead, assuming, assumptive, brash, bumptious, cheeky, first, fore, forrad, forrader, forrard, forth, forward-moving, forwards, fresh, front(a), frontward, frontwards, full-face, gardant(ip), guardant(ip), headfirst, headlong, impertinent, impudent, low, nervy, onward, onward, onwards, overbold, overfamiliar, presumptuous, sassy, saucy, second, self-assertive, send on, smart

Antonyms: abaft, aft, astern, back, backward, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards, reverse

See also: basketball player | basketball team | basketeer | bold | cager | Dr. J | Erving | five | fore(a) | Julius Erving | Julius Winfield Erving | position | progressive | send | ship | transport |

Related terms: a bit previous, actuate, advanced, bundle, bursting to, champion, conduce to, controlled, death-defying, familiar, forehand, foster, frontwards, go between, hand in, ill-considered, inquisitive, madbrained, move, pole, precocious, put forward, quicken, raise, ready and willing, reform, shameless, smart-alecky, speed along, to the fore

The fun area, different aproach to word »forward«

Let's analyse "forward" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 28.6% of vowels is 10% less then average English word. Written in backwards: DRAWROF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: forward: 6 + 1 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: forward: 6 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 4 = 40, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1) 4 Emperor Determined, Persistant, Idealist
F (1) 6 Lovers Practical, Faithful, Organizer
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (2) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
W (1) 23 King of Wands Sensual, Warm, Strong, Loyal

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