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adjective At, near, or belonging to the front or forepart; fore: the forward section of the aircraft.
adjective Located ahead or in advance: kept her eye on the forward horizon.
adjective Going, tending, or moving toward a position in front: a forward plunge down a flight of stairs.

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Situated in the front or fore part; anterior; fore; directed toward some point or position in advance from the starting-point: as, a forward cabin in a ship; the forward movement of an army. Four legs and two voices. … His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend; his backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract. Shak., Tempest, ii. 2.
Being in a condition of advancement; well advanced with respect to progress, attainment, development (as the season), growth (as vegetation), or (rarely) position or rank: as, the building is in a forward state; he is forward in his studies; a forward crop. My good Camillo, She is as forward of her breeding as She is i' the rear of our birth. Shak., W. T., iv. 3. [He] was well pleased to hear that our Catalogue of English Manuscripts was so forward in the Press at Oxford. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 119. Come tell me in plain Terms how forward he is with Araminta. Congreve, Old Batchelor, iii. 6. The Athenians, deserted by the other states, met his invading army, in which the exiled chief of that faction, Hippias, had a forward appointment. Brougham.
Ready in action or disposition; prompt; earnest; also, in a derogatory sense, over-confident; assuming; presumptuous; pert; as, to be forward in good works; a forward chit. God grafte in vs the trewe knowledge of his woorde, with a forward will to folowe it. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 56. Many about the King were forward for this Match, but the Lord Cromwell specially. Baker, Chronicles, p. 287. It were uncomely That we be found less forward for our prince Than they are for their lady. Ford, Perkin Warbeck, ii. 3. You need not call me to any House of yours, for I am forward enough to come without calling. Howell, Letters, I. v. 17. Your cousin Sophy is a forward, impertinent gipsy. Sheridan, School for Scandal, iii. 1. Clara is of a cold temper, and would think this step of mine highly forward. Sheridan, The Duenna, i. 5.

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All my comrades put my name forward, and the commander-in-chief, recalling that General Séras had written to him about my conduct at Santa-Giacomo, designated me sous-lieutenant...! — The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
It became harder to push the sword forward, and she felt a pang of alarm ;suppose it was destroyed the way the bear-wolf's talisman had been when she brought it into the Oracle-cave? — The Warslayer
Mario free at the back post and the forward was able to pick his spot to score. — 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
I played as a forward, and against CSKA I nearly scored. — Soccer Blogs - latest posts
The Central Coast Mariners centre-forward is the Rapids 'prime transfer target before the MLS transfer deadline falls, Colorado sources say. — tribalfootball.com

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Middle English, from Old English foreweard : fore-, fore- + -weard, -ward.

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from Middle English forward, rarely foreward (in adverb forewardes), from Anglo-Saxon foreweard, rarely forweard, forward, fore, early, in front, from fore, fore, before, + -weard: see fore and -ward. CF. forward, adv., and foreward, n.
from forward, a. and adv.
Middle English forward, forword, foreward, forewerd, from Anglo-Saxon foreweard, foreward, also forewarde, agreement, contract (= Dutch voorwaarde, conditions, precontract), from fore, before, + weard, ward, keeping: see fore and ward, n.

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