forward : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: forward	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for forward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forward 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) Synonym(s): forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard Antonym(s): back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" Synonym(s): forth, forward, onward 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" Synonym(s): ahead, forward Antonym(s): back, backward 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" Synonym(s): ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" Synonym(s): fore, forward Antonym(s): abaft, aft, astern adj at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" Antonym(s): backward used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" Antonym(s): backward of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" Antonym(s): reverse moving forward Synonym(s): advancing, forward, forward- moving n the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team v send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" Synonym(s): forward, send on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forward \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forward \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw[84]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forward \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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
forward (verb) To send (a copy of) an {electronic mail} message that you have received on to one or more other {addressees}. Most e-mail systems can be configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. {Unix} {sendmail} looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's {home directory}. A {mailing list} server (or "{mail exploder}") is designed to forward messages automatically to lists of people. {Unix manual page}: aliases(5). (2000-03-22)