forwardadverb
uk/ˈfɔː.wəd/us/ˈfɔːr.wɚd/also forwardsforward adverb (DIRECTION)
B1 towards the direction that is in front of you:
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- She leaned forward to stroke the dog but quickly drew back when she saw its teeth.
- She moved her castle forward three squares.
- Come forward a bit and stand on the line.
- You will run forward at my command.
- Traffic moved forward at a crawl.
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Describing movement towards
- -ways
- at
- convergent
- earthward
- facing
- for
- forwards
- hither
- inwards
- on
- oncoming
- onward
- onwards
- round
- thither
- unto
- up
- ward
- way
- wise
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forward adverb (FUTURE)
B2 towards the future:
after that point:
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- We look forward to greater success in the coming year.
- I'm looking forward to seeing you all next month.
- From that day forward they never spoke to each other.
- I'm not looking forward to Christmas this year.
- I shall look forward to meeting you next week.
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In the future & soon
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead
- all in good time idiom
- anon
- ASAP
- come
- in for sth idiom
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- later
- long
- someday
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or later idiom
- the days/week(s)/year(s) to come idiom
- then
- yet
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forward adverb (PROGRESS)
C1 used in expressions related to progress:
used, especially in business, to mean "in the future":
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- No one is sure whether this plan will work, but it's a step forward.
- Sweden has shown the way forward on energy efficiency.
- Their research has pushed forward the frontiers of knowledge.
- After two years in neutral, the economy is finally moving forward again.
- An additional grant has enabled the team to push forward with research plans.
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Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- pan
- rise
- shape
- simmer
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
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forwardadjective
uk/ˈfɔː.wəd/us/ˈfɔːr.wɚd/forward adjective (DIRECTION)
towards the direction that is in front of you:
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Describing movement towards
- -ways
- at
- convergent
- earthward
- facing
- for
- forwards
- hither
- inwards
- on
- oncoming
- onward
- onwards
- round
- thither
- unto
- up
- ward
- way
- wise
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forward adjective (FUTURE)
relating to the future:
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In the future & soon
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead
- all in good time idiom
- anon
- ASAP
- come
- in for sth idiom
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- later
- long
- someday
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or later idiom
- the days/week(s)/year(s) to come idiom
- then
- yet
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forward adjective (CONFIDENT)
disapproving confident and honest in a way that ignores the usual social rules and might seem rude:
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Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- baldly
- blunt
- bluntly
- brusque
- brutal
- frank
- in a word idiom
- in the raw idiom
- man-to-man
- mince
- not mince (your) words idiom
- pull
- raw
- shoot
- shoot from the hip idiom
- straight
- term
- terse
- unvarnished
- woman-to-woman
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forwardverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfɔː.wəd/us/ˈfɔːr.wɚd/to send a letter, etc., especially from someone's old address to their new address, or to send a letter, email, etc. that you have received to someone else:
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- ship
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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forwardnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɔː.wəd/us/ˈfɔːr.wɚd/a player who is in an attacking position in a team
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- defence
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- underdog
- winger
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