forward
English
/ˈfɔː.wəd/, /ˈfɔɹ.wɚd/, /ˈfoːwəd/, /foːd/
adj
Definitions
- Toward the front or at the front.
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- (finance) Expected in the future.
- Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English foreward derived from Old English foreweard (contract, condition, early, former, inclined to the front, treaty, bargain, agreement, forward, fore, assurance) derived from Proto-Germanic *fura- (fore-) suffix from English fore (prominent, for, out in front).
Origin
English
fore
Gloss
prominent, for, out in front
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afore English
- carry English
- carryforward English
- feed English
- feedforward English
- first English
- fore English
- foreanent English
- forebulge English
- forecheck English
- foredraft English
- forehatch English
- foremast English
- foremost English
- forereef English
- foreright English
- foreshore English
- foreward English
- forwardable English
- forwarder English
- forwardly English
- forwardmost English
- forwardness English
- forwards English
- hence English
- henceforward English
- overforward English
- overforwardness English
- push English
- pushforward English
- reforward English
- straight English
- straightforward English
- straightforwardly English
- straightforwardness English
- thence English
- thenceforward English
- unforward English
- unstraightforward English
- whence English
- whenceforward English
- wherefor English
- whithertofore English
- vorwärts German
- vorwärtsgekrümmt German
- forwarden Dutch, Flemish
- voor Dutch, Flemish
- voorwaarts Dutch, Flemish
- форвард Russian
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *fura- Proto-Germanic
- フォワード Japanese
- foreward Old English
- foreweard Old English
- fōr(e)-, fore- Old English
- fore Middle English
- foreward Middle English
- forward Czech
- feed
- fore
- push
- carry
- hence
- first
- afore
- whence
- thence
- foremost
- wherefor
- foreward
- straight
- foremast
- forwards
- forereef
- unforward
- foreright
- forebulge
- forecheck
- forwardly
- forwarder
- foreshore
- foredraft
- reforward
- foreanent
- forehatch
- forwardable
- forwardmost
- overforward
- forwardness
- feedforward
- pushforward
- henceforward
- carryforward
- whithertofore
- whenceforward
- thenceforward
- straightforward
- overforwardness
- unstraightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness