Forward

The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.

the forward gun in a ship

the forward ship in a fleet

The forward battalion took a hammering.

My forward vision is fine, but my peripheral vision is poor.

forward motion, forward thrust, forward momentum

This is an important forward step for the country.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

The front of the fire engine has backward writing, that can be read in a mirror, as well as forward writing.

The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.

The price for forward delivery is presently higher than the spot price.

These students are very forward in their learning.

The grass is forward, or forward for the season. We have a forward spring.

The most forward bud / Is eaten by the canker ere it blow.

You promiſt Knighthood to our forward ſonne, / Vnſheath your ſword, and dub him preſently.

She is a very forward young lady, not afraid to speak her mind.

[…] the lady conceived the same desires with himself, and was on her side contriving how to give the captain proper encouragement, without appearing too forward; for she was a strict observer of all rules of decorum.

He said that if one offered himself to be a soldier under him, who was forward to tell what he could or would do, if he could only get sight of the enemy, he had but little confidence in him.

"Would you think it forward of me to kiss you?" asked Tristran.

Pecan Porter […] beer is malty and rich with a very forward flavor of pecans with hints of molasses and burnt caramel and has a very great finish.

[Margaret Encino, seeking an Acme-Ashmun sponsorship:] And we could continue to make Acme-Ashmun forward content.

[…] appetizing home bakes as well as moreish desserts and citrus-forward drinks and cocktails.

The yelow Chartreuse adds extra herbal and spice notes to the drink as well as being a digestif, making this drink the perfect follow-up to a big, spicy meal. It uses a local gin from Ampersand Distilling, which is very bright and citrus forward, further complementing the citrus notes of the drink.

"It's not meme money; you know I curate and execute a brand-forward content experience […] for my clients."

Fresh oregano has a very forward flavor, once it is dried or cooked, it's a bit more mellow.

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

Nor do we find him forward to be sounded.

She was sitting well forward in the railway carriage.

The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.

A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

Most of the men are sleeping forward, for it is near midnight, but a stout swarthy Arab, Mahomed by name, stands at the tiller, lazily steering by the stars.

I leant forward to get a better look.

The grandfather clock toppled forward and crashed to the ground.

After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward.

Wind the film forward a few frames.

Don't forget to put the clocks forward by one hour tonight!

We need to move this project forward.

Don't wear your baseball cap backward; turn it forward.

A palindrome reads the same backward as forward.

From this day forward, there will be no more brussels sprouts at the cafeteria.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

The meeting has been moved forward an hour. It was at 3 o'clock; now it's at 2 o'clock.

He did all he could to forward the interests of the school.

Mary had a suspicion that this plan had been arranged beforehand, for she knew how the lewd old woman loved to forward love affairs […].

I'll be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone.

One of the most important aspects of the social service operation was the maintaining of a telephone "hot line," supposedly available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week […] This unbelievable achievement was accomplished with the expedient of "call forwarding" which made it possible for all the calls coming in to the CHAT office to be sent by means of technical magic to any other telephone in the area.

When you receive your new pen-pal's email address, do not automatically put it in your address book and use the email Addy to send 'forwards' to. Not every pen pal likes 'forwards', especially jokes and meaningless emails.

This method attaches the files to a new email, which is fine if you want to create a new email. The only problem with this is that it doesn't work if you'd rather send forwards or replies.