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noun
- (soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
- (ice hockey): An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (basketball): The small forward or power forward position.
- (nautical): The front part of a vessel.
Translations: verb
- (transitive) To send (something received) to a third party.
- I'll be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone.
Translations: - German: nachsenden, weiterleiten
- Italian: inoltrare, trasmettere
adjective
- Towards the front or at the front.
- The fire was confined to the portion of the store.
- Without customary restraint
- I thought his suggestion that we move in together was rather .
- 1999: "Would you think it of me to kiss you?" asked Tristran. " Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 44 (2001 Perennial paperback edition).
- (finance) Expected in the future.
- The stock price is currently 12 times earnings.
Translations: adverb (further forward, furthest forward)
- Towards the front or from the front.
- The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.
- In the usual direction of travel.
- After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward.
- Into the future.
- From this day forward, there will be no more brussels sprouts at the cafeteria.
Translations: - French: í partir de (before the noun)
- German: vorwí¤rts
Etymology: foreweard ((-ward, fore)).
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