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forward

adj · adv · name · noun · verb · 49 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːwəd/
  • General-American: /ˈfɔɹwəɹd/
  • General-American, nonstandard: /ˈfoʊwəɹd/
  • General-American, dated: /ˈfɔɹəɹd/
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  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, Estuary-English, New-Zealand: /ˈfoːwəd/
  • New-Zealand, unstressed: /foːd/
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d
  • rhymes with -əʊwə(ɹ)d
  • rhymes with -ɔɹə(ɹ)d
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
  • homophone: foreword (some accents)
  • CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R W ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Situated toward or at the front of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
  • the forward gun in a ship
  • the forward ship in a fleet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Situated toward or at the front of something.

Situated toward or near the enemy lines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: guns etc.

Examples

  • The forward battalion took a hammering.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • forward motion, forward thrust, forward momentum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Moving in the desired direction of progress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • This is an important forward step for the country.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Having the usual order or sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, commerce, finance

Examples

  • The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.
  • The price for forward delivery is presently higher than the spot price.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • These students are very forward in their learning.
  • The grass is forward, or forward for the season. We have a forward spring.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adv

Meaning 12

At, near or towards the front of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • She was sitting well forward in the railway carriage.
  • The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adv

Meaning 13

At, near or towards the front of something.

At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adv

Meaning 14

In the direction in which someone or something is facing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I leant forward to get a better look.
  • The grandfather clock toppled forward and crashed to the ground.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adv

Meaning 15

In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adv

Meaning 16

So that front and back are in the usual orientation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adv

Meaning 17

In the usual order or sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • A palindrome reads the same backward as forward.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adv

Meaning 18

Into the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adv

Meaning 19

To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

name

Meaning 20

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

name

Meaning 21

A place name:

A hamlet and former village in the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

name

Meaning 22

A place name:

A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

name

Meaning 23

A place name:

A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

name

Meaning 24

A place name:

An unincorporated community in the town of Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin, taken from the Wisconsin state motto.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attacker, striker, front man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: player, person

26

noun

Meaning 26

One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back). (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.

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attacker, striker, front man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: player, person

27

noun

Meaning 27

An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

noun

Meaning 29

The front part of a vessel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

noun

Meaning 31

A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forward contract

Antonyms: none provided

32

noun

Meaning 32

Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

noun

Meaning 33

Agreement; covenant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To advance, promote.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: arts, bookbinding, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To arrive, come.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Caribbean, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

adjective

Meaning 38

at or near or directed toward the front

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the forward section of the aircraft
  • a forward plunge down the stairs
  • forward motion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: backward

39

adjective

Meaning 39

of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in a forward gear

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: reverse

40

adjective

Meaning 40

used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a forward child badly in need of discipline

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: backward

41

adjective satellite

Meaning 41

moving forward

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: advancing, forward-moving

Antonyms: none provided

42

adverb

Meaning 42

in a forward direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • go ahead
  • the train moved ahead slowly
  • the boat lurched ahead
  • moved onward into the forest
  • they went slowly forward in the mud

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ahead, onward, onwards, forwards, forrader

Antonyms: none provided

43

adverb

Meaning 43

at or to or toward the front; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he faced forward
  • step forward
  • she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard

Antonyms: backward

44

adverb

Meaning 44

toward the future; forward in time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring
  • I look forward to seeing you

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ahead

Antonyms: backward

45

adverb

Meaning 45

forward in time or order or degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • from that time forth
  • from the sixth century onward

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forth, onward

Antonyms: none provided

46

adverb

Meaning 46

near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fore

Antonyms: none provided

47

noun

Meaning 47

a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position

48

noun

Meaning 48

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: basketball player, basketeer, cager

Narrower terms: Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving, Dr. J

49

verb

Meaning 49

send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • forward my mail

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: send on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transport, send, ship

History

Etymology

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“condition, bargain, agreement, contract, treaty, assurance”), equivalent to fore- + ward (“ward, keeping”). Cognate with Scots forward (“covenant, compact”), Dutch voorwaarde (“condition, terms, proviso, stipulation”). More at fore-, ward.

Across languages

Translations

471 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voor — at the front
  • Bashkir: алғы (alğı) — at the front
  • Bashkir: алдағы (aldağı) — at the front
  • Bulgarian: преден (preden) — at the front
  • Czech: přední — at the front
  • Danish: forrest — at the front
  • Esperanto: antaŭa — at the front
  • Finnish: etu- — at the front
  • Finnish: etummainen — at the front
  • Finnish: etinen — at the front
  • French: avant — at the front
  • Galician: enfronte — at the front
  • Galician: diante — at the front
  • Galician: perante — at the front
  • Galician: vante — at the front
  • Galician: avan — at the front
  • Georgian: წინა (c̣ina) — at the front
  • German: vorder — at the front
  • German: vordere — at the front
  • German: vorderer — at the front
  • German: vorausgerichtet — at the front
  • German: vorauszielend — at the front
  • German: vorderst — at the front
  • German: vorderste — at the front
  • German: vorderster — at the front
  • German: Front- — at the front
  • German: Vorwärts- — at the front
  • Greek: εμπρόσθιος (emprósthios) — at the front
  • Greek: μπροστινός (brostinós) — at the front
  • Hindi: अगला (aglā) — at the front
  • Hindi: आगे की ओर (āge kī or) — at the front
  • Hindi: अग्रस्थ (agrasth) — at the front
  • Hungarian: elülső — at the front
  • Hungarian: elöl lévő — at the front
  • Ido: avane — at the front
  • Japanese: 前の (mae no) — at the front
  • Japanese: 前方 (zenpō) — at the front
  • Northern Kurdish: pêşve — at the front
  • Malayalam: മുന്നിലെ (munnile) — at the front
  • Norwegian: fremre — at the front
  • Persian: جلو (jolo) — at the front
  • Portuguese: frontal — at the front
  • Portuguese: fronteiro — at the front
  • Portuguese: dianteiro — at the front
  • Romanian: înainte — at the front
  • Russian: пере́дний (perédnij) — at the front
  • Russian: передово́й (peredovój) — at the front
  • Serbo-Croatian: предњи — at the front
  • Serbo-Croatian: prednji — at the front
  • Swedish: främre — at the front
  • Turkish: ileri — at the front
  • Turkish: ön — at the front
  • Vietnamese: đầu — at the front
  • Welsh: ymlaen — at the front
  • Afrikaans: voorspel — expected in the future
  • Afrikaans: verwag — expected in the future
  • Finnish: tuleva — expected in the future
  • Finnish: ennustettu — expected in the future
  • Finnish: odotettu — expected in the future
  • Galician: agardado — expected in the future
  • German: erwartet — expected in the future
  • German: vorausberechnet — expected in the future
  • German: vorhergesehen — expected in the future
  • German: vorausgesagt — expected in the future
  • German: errechnet — expected in the future
  • German: berechnet — expected in the future
  • German: kalkuliert — expected in the future
  • German: vorhergesagt — expected in the future
  • Hungarian: várható — expected in the future
  • Hungarian: előre jelzett — expected in the future
  • Hungarian: előre látható — expected in the future
  • Hungarian: határidős — expected in the future
  • Italian: previsto — expected in the future
  • Norwegian: framtidig — expected in the future
  • Portuguese: futuro — expected in the future
  • Portuguese: esperado — expected in the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: unapred — expected in the future
  • Swedish: framtida — expected in the future
  • Turkish: olası — expected in the future
  • Turkish: müstakbel — expected in the future
  • Galician: temperán — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • Galician: adiantado — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • German: frühreif — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • German: früh — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • German: frühzeitig — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • German: fortgeschritten — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • German: weit — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • German: weit entwickelt — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • German: weit fortgeschritten — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • Hungarian: előrehaladott — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • Hungarian: koraérett — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • Hungarian: korai — advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious
  • Bulgarian: нахален (nahalen) — without customary restraint
  • Danish: direkte — without customary restraint
  • Danish: fræk — without customary restraint
  • Danish: pågående — without customary restraint
  • Esperanto: impertinenta — without customary restraint
  • Finnish: uskalias — without customary restraint
  • Finnish: uskallettu — without customary restraint
  • French: osé — without customary restraint
  • French: cavalier — without customary restraint
  • Galician: arrichado — without customary restraint
  • Galician: fardido — without customary restraint
  • Galician: afouto — without customary restraint
  • Galician: ardido — without customary restraint
  • Galician: estrevido — without customary restraint
  • Galician: arrouzo — without customary restraint
  • German: vorlaut — without customary restraint
  • German: frech — without customary restraint
  • German: kess — without customary restraint
  • German: dreist — without customary restraint
  • German: naseweis — without customary restraint
  • German: zudringlich — without customary restraint
  • Greek: αυθάδης (afthádis) — without customary restraint
  • Greek: προπετής (propetís) — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: merész — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: rámenős — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: tolakodó — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: arcátlan — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: szemtelen — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: szókimondó — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: pimasz — without customary restraint
  • Hungarian: túlzottan magabiztos — without customary restraint
  • Irish: urrúsach — without customary restraint
  • Irish: forránach — without customary restraint
  • Irish: dalba — without customary restraint
  • Italian: diretto — without customary restraint
  • Māori: whakametometo — without customary restraint
  • Norwegian: direkte — without customary restraint
  • Plautdietsch: driest — without customary restraint
  • Portuguese: atrevido — without customary restraint
  • Russian: де́рзкий (dérzkij) — without customary restraint
  • Russian: наха́льный (naxálʹnyj) — without customary restraint
  • Russian: развязный (razvjaznyj) — without customary restraint
  • Serbo-Croatian: напред — without customary restraint
  • Serbo-Croatian: напријед — without customary restraint
  • Serbo-Croatian: napred — without customary restraint
  • Serbo-Croatian: naprijed — without customary restraint
  • Spanish: descarado — without customary restraint
  • Spanish: fresco — without customary restraint
  • Spanish: confianzudo — without customary restraint
  • Swedish: påflugen — without customary restraint
  • Danish: tidlig — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • Galician: trigoso — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • Galician: preseiro — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • Galician: camouco — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • German: bereit — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • German: ungeduldig — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • German: begierig — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • Plautdietsch: driest — ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty
  • Afrikaans: vorentoe — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Afrikaans: voorwaarts — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Arabic: فِي الْمُقَدِّمَة (fī l-muqaddima) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Asturian: alantre — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Azerbaijani: irəli — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Azerbaijani: qabağa — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Bashkir: алға (alğa) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Basque: aurrera — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Belarusian: напе́рад (napjérad) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Bulgarian: напред (napred) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Catalan: endavant — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Chamicuro: kinajti — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 向前 (xiàngqián) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Czech: dopředu — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Czech: vpřed — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Danish: fremad — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Danish: frem — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Danish: forlæns — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Esperanto: antaŭen — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Even: дьулэски (ʒuləski) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Evenki: дюлэски (ʒuləski) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Finnish: eteenpäin — at, near or towards the front of something
  • French: en avant — at, near or towards the front of something
  • French: aller en avant — at, near or towards the front of something
  • French: avancer — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Galician: avante — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Galician: adiante — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Georgian: წინ (c̣in) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Georgian: პირდაპირ (ṗirdaṗir) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • German: vorwärts — at, near or towards the front of something
  • German: nach vorne — at, near or towards the front of something
  • German: nach vorn — at, near or towards the front of something
  • German: vor — at, near or towards the front of something
  • German: weiter — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Greek: εμπρός (emprós) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Greek: μπροστά (brostá) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Ancient Greek: πρόσω (prósō) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Hebrew: קדימה (kadíma) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Hindi: आगे (āge) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Hindi: सामने (sāmne) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Hungarian: előre — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Ido: adavane — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Indonesian: maju — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Italian: avanti — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Japanese: 前に (mae ni) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Japanese: 前方 (zenpō) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Kazakh: алға (alğa) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Khmer: មុខ (muk) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Northern Kurdish: pêşve — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Kyrgyz: алга (alga) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Ladino: adelantre — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Latin: prōrsum — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Latin: prōsum — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Old Leonese: adelantre — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Macedonian: напред (napred) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Malayalam: മുന്നോട്ട് (munnōṭṭŭ) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Malayalam: മിന്നിൽ (minnil) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Māori: whakamua — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠰᠢ (uruɣsi) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠰᠢ ᠪᠠᠨ (uruɣsi-ban) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠰᠢ (emünesi) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠰᠢ ᠪᠡᠨ (emünesi-ben) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: урагш (uragš) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: урагшаа (uragšaa) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: өмнөш (ömnöš) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Mongolian: өмнөшөө (ömnöšöö) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Nanai: дюлилэ (ʒulile) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Navajo: náás — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Norwegian: framover — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Occitan: endavant — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Polish: do przodu — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Polish: naprzód — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Portuguese: para frente — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Portuguese: adiante — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Portuguese: avante — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Romanian: înainte — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Russian: вперёд (vperjód) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Russian: да́льше (dálʹše) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Russian: да́лее (dáleje) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: напред — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: напријед — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: napred — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: naprijed — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Slovak: dopredu — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Slovak: vpred — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Slovene: naprej — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Spanish: adelante — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Spanish: avante — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Old Spanish: adelante — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Swedish: framåt — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Tatar: алга (alğa) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Turkish: ileri — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Turkish: ileriye — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Turkish: öne — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Ukrainian: упере́д (uperéd) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Ukrainian: напере́д (naperéd) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Urdu: آگے (āge) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Vietnamese: trên — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Yiddish: פֿאָרויס (foroys) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס (forverts) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Yiddish: אויף ווײַטער (oyf vayter) — at, near or towards the front of something
  • Hungarian: előre — in the direction in which someone or something is facing
  • Malayalam: മുന്നോട്ട് (munnōṭṭŭ) — in the direction in which someone or something is facing
  • Afrikaans: verder — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Afrikaans: voorwaarts — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Afrikaans: voort — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Bulgarian: нататък (natatǎk) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Czech: vpřed — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Danish: frem — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Danish: fremad — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Esperanto: antaŭen — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Finnish: eteenpäin — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Galician: avante — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • German: vorwärts — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • German: weiter — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Greek: εμπρός (emprós) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Hebrew: הלאה (hál'a) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Hindi: आगे (āge) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Hungarian: előre — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Hungarian: tovább — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Ido: adavane — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Kazakh: алға (alğa) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Khmer: ដើរ (daə) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Malayalam: മുന്നോട്ട് (munnōṭṭŭ) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Norwegian: framover — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Portuguese: para frente — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Portuguese: adiante — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Russian: вперёд (vperjód) — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Tongan: imua — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Vietnamese: tiếp — in the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards
  • Hungarian: előre — so that front and back are in the usual orientation
  • Hungarian: előrefelé — so that front and back are in the usual orientation
  • Hungarian: előre — in the usual order or sequence
  • Afrikaans: voorwaarts — into the future
  • Afrikaans: voort — into the future
  • Arabic: صَاعِدًا (ṣāʕidan) — into the future
  • Bulgarian: занапред (zanapred) — into the future
  • Danish: fremover — into the future
  • Esperanto: antaŭen — into the future
  • Finnish: lähtien — into the future
  • Finnish: eteenpäin — into the future
  • French: à partir de — into the future
  • French: à partir d'aujourd'hui — into the future
  • Georgian: შემდგომ (šemdgom) — into the future
  • German: ab — into the future
  • German: ab diesem Tag — into the future
  • German: ab jetzt — into the future
  • German: in der Zukunft — into the future
  • German: zukünftig — into the future
  • Hindi: भविष्य मे (bhaviṣya me) — into the future
  • Hungarian: ezután — into the future
  • Hungarian: kezdve — into the future
  • Hungarian: fogva — into the future
  • Japanese: 後 — into the future
  • Malayalam: മുന്നോട്ട് (munnōṭṭŭ) — into the future
  • Navajo: náás — into the future
  • Norwegian: framover — into the future
  • Norwegian: heretter — into the future
  • Portuguese: em diante — into the future
  • Russian: вперёд (vperjód) — into the future
  • Russian: да́льше (dálʹše) — into the future
  • Russian: да́лее (dáleje) — into the future
  • Russian: впредь (vpredʹ) — into the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: напред — into the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: напријед — into the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: napred — into the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: naprijed — into the future
  • Spanish: adelante — into the future
  • Spanish: a partir de — into the future
  • Swedish: hädanefter — into the future
  • Hungarian: előbbre — to an earlier point in time (cf. "bring forward")
  • Hungarian: korábbra — to an earlier point in time (cf. "bring forward")
  • Czech: rojník — players nearest to the opposing rugby team
  • Arabic: مُهَاجِم (muhājim) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Armenian: հարձակվող (harjakvoġ) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Bulgarian: нападател (napadatel) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Catalan: atacant — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Catalan: davanter — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前鋒 /前锋 (qiánfēng) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Czech: útočník — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Danish: angriber — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Danish: forward — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Finnish: hyökkääjä — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • French: attaquant — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • French: attaquante — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Galician: dianteiro — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Galician: dianteira — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Georgian: შემტევი (šemṭevi) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Georgian: თავდამსხმელი (tavdamsxmeli) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • German: Stürmer — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • German: Stürmerin — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Hebrew: חָלוּץ (khaluts) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Hungarian: csatár — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Italian: avanti — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Italian: attaccante — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Italian: calciatore — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Japanese: フォワード (fowādo) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Korean: 공격수 (gonggyeoksu) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Korean: 포워드 (powodeu) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Kyrgyz: чабуулчу (cabuulcu) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Luxembourgish: Stiermer — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spiss — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Norwegian Bokmål: angriper — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spiss — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: angripar — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нападач (napadač) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Persian: نوک حمله — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Polish: napastnik — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Portuguese: atacante — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Portuguese: avançado — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Russian: фо́рвард (fórvard) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Russian: напада́ющий (napadájuščij) — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Slovak: útočník — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Slovak: forvard — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Spanish: delantero — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Swahili: fowadi — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Swedish: anfallare — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Turkish: forvet — player nearest to the opposing soccer team
  • Bulgarian: нападател (napadatel) — centre or winger in ice hockey
  • Catalan: ala — centre or winger in ice hockey
  • Czech: útočník — centre or winger in ice hockey
  • Danish: forward — centre or winger in ice hockey
  • Finnish: hyökkääjä — centre or winger in ice hockey
  • Norwegian: forward — centre or winger in ice hockey
  • Bulgarian: крило (krilo) — small forward or power forward position
  • Catalan: aler — small forward or power forward position
  • Norwegian: forward — small forward or power forward position
  • Finnish: keula — front part of a vessel
  • Finnish: kokka — front part of a vessel
  • Georgian: ტუჩი (ṭuči) — front part of a vessel
  • German: Bug — front part of a vessel
  • Hungarian: orr — front part of a vessel
  • Hungarian: orr-rész — front part of a vessel
  • Norwegian: baug — front part of a vessel
  • Portuguese: proa — front part of a vessel
  • Russian: нос (nos) — front part of a vessel
  • Danish: fremme — advance, promote
  • Danish: opmuntre — advance, promote
  • Danish: befordre — advance, promote
  • Esperanto: antaŭenigi — advance, promote
  • German: voranbringen — advance, promote
  • German: weiterbringen — advance, promote
  • German: weiterhelfen — advance, promote
  • German: fördern — advance, promote
  • German: begünstigen — advance, promote
  • German: befördern — advance, promote
  • German: vorantreiben — advance, promote
  • Hungarian: elősegít — advance, promote
  • Hungarian: előmozdít — advance, promote
  • Afrikaans: aanstuur — send (something received) to a third party
  • Azerbaijani: ötürmək — send (something received) to a third party
  • Belarusian: перасыла́ць (pjerasylácʹ) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Belarusian: перасла́ць (pjeraslácʹ) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Bulgarian: препращам (prepraštam) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉發 /转发 (zhuǎnfā) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Czech: přeposlat — send (something received) to a third party
  • Danish: videresende — send (something received) to a third party
  • Danish: sende — send (something received) to a third party
  • Dutch: doorsturen — send (something received) to a third party
  • Dutch: forwarden — send (something received) to a third party
  • Esperanto: antaŭenigi — send (something received) to a third party
  • Finnish: välittää — send (something received) to a third party
  • Finnish: lähettää eteenpäin — send (something received) to a third party
  • Finnish: lähettää edelleen — send (something received) to a third party
  • French: transférer — send (something received) to a third party
  • French: faire suivre — send (something received) to a third party
  • Georgian: გადაგზავნა (gadagzavna) — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: nachsenden — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: weiterleiten — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: weitersenden — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: senden — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: schicken — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: versenden — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: absenden — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: verschicken — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: expedieren — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: fortsenden — send (something received) to a third party
  • German: übersenden — send (something received) to a third party
  • Greek: προωθώ (proothó) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Greek: προάγω (proágo) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Hindi: अग्रसरित करना (agrasrit karnā) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Hindi: भेजना (bhejnā) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Hindi: आगे को चलता करना (āge ko caltā karnā) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Hungarian: továbbít — send (something received) to a third party
  • Hungarian: átküld — send (something received) to a third party
  • Hungarian: továbbküld — send (something received) to a third party
  • Italian: inoltrare — send (something received) to a third party
  • Italian: trasmettere — send (something received) to a third party
  • Japanese: 送る (okuru) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Japanese: 渡す (watasu) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Japanese: 送り渡す (okuriwatasu) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Japanese: 届ける (todokeru) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Japanese: 転送する (tensō suru) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Japanese: 回送する (kaisō suru) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Norwegian Bokmål: videresende — send (something received) to a third party
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vidaresende — send (something received) to a third party
  • Portuguese: repassar — send (something received) to a third party
  • Portuguese: encaminhar — send (something received) to a third party
  • Portuguese: reencaminhar — send (something received) to a third party
  • Russian: пересыла́ть (peresylátʹ) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Russian: пересла́ть (pereslátʹ) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Russian: переправля́ть (perepravljátʹ) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Russian: перепра́вить (pereprávitʹ) — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: проследити — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: отпослати — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: пренијети — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: послати — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: proslediti — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: otposlati — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: prenijeti — send (something received) to a third party
  • Serbo-Croatian: poslati — send (something received) to a third party
  • Spanish: reenviar — send (something received) to a third party
  • Spanish: remitir — send (something received) to a third party
  • Swedish: vidarebefordra — send (something received) to a third party
  • Turkish: iletmek — send (something received) to a third party
  • Turkish: sevk etmek — send (something received) to a third party
  • Vietnamese: gửi tiếp — send (something received) to a third party
  • Vietnamese: gởi tiếp — send (something received) to a third party
  • Welsh: blaenyrru — send (something received) to a third party
  • Welsh: anfon ymlaen — send (something received) to a third party
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