Meaning & Definition of Forward in English

1. The person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey

2. A position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team

1. Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

• "Forward my mail"

1. At or near or directed toward the front

• "The forward section of the aircraft"

• "A forward plunge down the stairs"

• "Forward motion"

2. Used of temperament or behavior

• Lacking restraint or modesty

• "A forward child badly in need of discipline"

3. Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

• "In a forward gear"

4. Moving forward

1. 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)

2. Forward in time or order or degree

• "From that time forth"

• "From the sixth century onward"

3. 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"

4. 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"

5. Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

• "The captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"