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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋfɒrwZd 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊfɒːwәd 〕


Overview of noun forward

The noun forward has 2 senses


  • forward -- (the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey)

  • forward -- (a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team)


Overview of verb forward

The verb forward has 1 sense


  • forward, send on -- (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail")


Overview of adj forward

The adj forward has 4 senses


  • forward -- (at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion")

  • forward -- (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline")

  • forward -- (of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear")

  • advancing, forward, forward-moving -- (moving forward)


Overview of adv forward

The adv forward has 5 senses


  • forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard -- (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))

  • forth, forward, onward -- (forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward")

  • ahead, forward -- (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")

  • ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader -- (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")

  • fore, forward -- (near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments")