forwardadj.adv.n.
/ˈfɔːwəd/, U.S. /ˈfɔrwərd/ A. adj.† 1. In Old English used with partitive sense: The front part of (any thing material); the first or earliest part of (a period of time, etc.). Obsolete.
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c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) v. xiii. [xii]. 422 In forewearde neaht.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 266 Ure Forewearde heafod.
2. † c. Principal, foremost, chief. Obsolete.
a. Situated in the fore part. Obsolete exc. technical.
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the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > situated in front part or at the front
forwarda1616
upfront1973
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 40 Let's take the instant by the forward top. View more context for this quotation
1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 503 The guides conducted the forwardest of the party..a wrong way.
1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) x. 131 He fixed a knob of tallow upon the forward sight of Mr. Balfour's gun.
b. Nautical. Belonging to the fore part (of a vessel).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [adjective]
forward1881
1881 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. The nine forward men are divided into three watches.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 5/3 The forward-house and forecastle bulkhead were stove in.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important
mosteOE
foremostc1000
headOE
headlyOE
nexta1200
umest1513
primary1565
headest1577
ruling1590
forward1591
capital1597
of the first magnitude1643
palmary1646
top1647
prepondering1651
headmost1661
home1662
life-and-death1804
palmarian1815
bada1825
key1832
première1844
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 238 Many haue beene wasted by casuall chances, the most sufficient and forwarde by the cruelty of the Prince.
d. That lies in front; now only, that lies in the direction towards which one is moving.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent
followingOE
afterOE
nextOE
suinga1325
suant1422
succedentc1450
after-comingc1454
secondary1471
subsequent1472
succeeding1561
supervenient1565
subsequent1568
consequent1581
proceeding1592
ensuing1604
subsecutive1611
sequenta1616
insequentc1620
postliminious1625
sequel1632
postnate1638
supervening1640
descending1642
forward1643
postventional1645
yondersa1650
succrescent1653
pedissequous1657
subsequential1657
assequent1659
post-nated1659
posthume1662
posterious1672
survenient1677
succedent1688
postliminous1714
first1746
sequelled1805
postliminary1826
thereafter1830
descensive1882
akoluthic1889
the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > that lies or is placed in front
before-set1440
obvious1603
obversanta1754
forward1824
1643 J. Lightfoot Handfull Gleanings Exod. (1648) 17 In the five preceding Plagues, the obduration of Pharaohs heart is attributed to himselfe, in these five forward, it is attributed to God.
1824 T. Campbell Theodric 129 Shadow'd in the forward distance Lay the land of Death.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvii. 265 From out the forward horizon.
3.
a. Directed towards a point in advance, onward; also ‘outward’ as opposed to ‘return’.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adjective]
progressive?c1450
progressional1570
advancing1575
forward1603
progredient1650
onward1674
processive1691
on-driving1884
propagating1971
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] > outwards
outbound1598
outward-bound1602
forward1840
downbound1849
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xlvi. 16 She [fortune], dispos'd his forward course to let.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxix. 136 Let us seek The forward path again.
1840 Bury Sel. Comm. on Railways Q. 2398 You spoke of sending an engine to meet the train; on what line would that go?—It must go on the forward line.
1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. ii. 46 General Wood was compelled..to undertake a forward movement.
1884 G.W.R. Time Tables July 87 Return Tickets are available..for completion of the forward and backward journeys.
b. Of the face: (Looking) straight in front.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having forward direction
forward1700
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 563 The Lovers close the rear, With forward Faces not confessing Fear.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxii. 176 She [sc. knowledge] sets her forward countenance And leaps into the future chance. View more context for this quotation
c. Of a ship's beak: Moving onwards.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adjective] > specifically of a ship's beak
forward1871
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 12 Scarcely the forward snout tore up that wintery water.
d. forward movement n. recently often used to denote a special effort made by a political party, a religious or benevolent organization, etc., in order to make more rapid progress. Cf. A. 9.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > special effort
forward movement1896
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > effort for
forward movement1896
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > instance of > an effort > for rapid progress of an organization
forward movement1896
1896 Indep. & Nonconf. 31 Dec. 494 The Colonial Missionary Society Forward Movement.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Jan. The Liberal Forward Movement.
4. Commerce. Of a business transaction, contract, delivery, exchange, material etc.: Prospective, relating to future produce.
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society > trade and finance > other trading methods > [adjective] > prospective
forward1883
optioned1912
1883 Manch. Examiner 6 Nov. 4/4 In the old days, when it took three or four months to send out goods to India..there was a real ground for forward buying.
1891 Daily News 23 Nov. 2/7 The rate for good furnace coke is 14s...but consumers will not pay this price for forward contracts.
1930 M. Clark Home Trade 107 ‘Forward delivery’ [means] that the goods will be delivered..at a future date.
1930 [see sense B. 1c]. 1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1076/2 If they could offset that reduction cheaply by larger purchases of forward rubber they might do so, but rubber three months forward commands a premium of about ½d. per lb.
1962 Economist 28 Apr. 367/2 A forward exchange operation is a contract to exchange one currency for another at a future date at a rate of exchange fixed now.
5.
a. That is in an advanced state or condition; progressing towards maturity or completion. Chiefly predicative and barely distinguishable from the adv.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adjective] > advanced towards completion
forward1526
furtherly1571
forwardly1598
advanced1646
progressed1842
toward1893
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Tiiiiv Howe moche we profyte & be forewarde in euery day by our labour.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. Cv It is nowe well forwarde in nyghte.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 86 To acquaint him how forward the Boat was [in making].
1805 Med. Jrnl. 17 515 The [vaccinated] arms of Sarah..were in a more forward state than the rest.
1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 i. 7 The sheep..get exceedingly forward in condition.
1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve I. iv. 60 A sturdy little fellow..sufficiently forward in walking to get about the room.
b. Of a plant, a crop, or the season: Well advanced, early.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > early
forward1601
winter-proud1601
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 6 The inhabitants of Turon..enioy as forward a sommer, as those of Prouince.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 45 As the most forward Bud Is eaten by the Canker ere it blow. View more context for this quotation
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 254 Fruit, the soundest and forwardest of any on the Tree.
1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 344 Sow three or four seeds..in a small pot, which being placed on a gentle heat, will be much forwarder and finer.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 18 He 'gins again 'Bout signs in weather, late or forward spring.
1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad ii. 23 Place our hungry brethren where nature's work is forwardest.
c. Of a pregnant animal: in or with foal, etc.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > pregnant
ywhelpeda1400
stocked1478
forward1684
1684 London Gaz. No. 1910/4 A Red Cow..forward with Calf.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4312/3 Lost..a bay Saddle Mare..forward in Fole.
1839 Lincoln, etc. Gaz. 12 Feb. 2/3 Eleven ewes forward in lamb.
1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 i. 19 The mares are indulged a little as they get forward with foal.
6. † b. Inclined to or for (something). Obsolete.
a. Ready, prompt, eager (in an action or a cause); esp. with const. to (do something).
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > ready or prompt
radeOE
rekenOE
ratheOE
freshc1175
gradelyc1275
quickc1300
freea1393
readya1425
promptc1425
forward1523
forwards1598
cheerful1600
alacritous1821
up to ——1849
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxi. 45 At the first assaute he was so forwarde, that he was stryken to the erth.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 16 God grafte in vs the trewe knowledge of his woorde, with a forward will to folowe it.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. Ded. 406 Be not backward to patronize what you have been forward to produce.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 231 Neither can it be collected..that hee [St. Bartholomew] was ever forward of his Tongue, as some of the Rest were.
1644 W. Laud Wks. (1854) IV. 181 His Majesty's piety was so forward, that nothing needed to be extorted from him.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. App. 59/1 He was much forwarder to give it [sc. his assent], than they were to ask it.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 52 Their followers were to be ranked as the most forward and loud, who denounced parliament as so corrupt.
1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon 40 Authors were always forward to send him copies of their learned publications.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined
set13..
tendenta1340
disposedc1380
enclinant1400
inclining?c1400
inclinedc1405
prone1408
hieldingc1480
talenteda1500
inclinablea1513
prone1528
propense1528
minded1529
propensed1530
ready1533
proclivec1540
fit1574
tending to1578
forward1581
minded1588
propensive1599
intense1620
propendenta1646
propended1693
calculated1723
oriented1925
prone1926
turned1931
orientated1964
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 256 b If I had bene..so foreward to sedition..there wanted not..fautoures of the cause.
1681 R. Baxter Apol. Nonconformists Ministry 4 The forwardest to Peace.
1712 Proposals for printing Treat. Art of Political Lying 12 A hot-headed crack-brain'd Coxcomb forward for a Scheme of Moderation.
c. Ardent, eager, spirited, zealous. ? Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective]
needfulOE
anguishous?c1225
eager?a1300
throc1330
fierce1377
desirousc1386
affectuousa1400
yeverousa1400
inwardc1402
earnestful?1406
rathe?c1450
zealing1459
increc1480
affectual1483
zealous1526
affectioneda1533
jealous1535
heartyc1540
affectivec1550
earnest1563
pricking1575
forward1587
affectionate1598
passiveless1602
zealful1602
full-hearteda1616
wholehearted1644
intense1645
high1649
covetous1652
thorough-hearted1656
keen as mustard1659
fell1667
fervent1673
smirk1674
zealed1679
prest1697
strenuous1713
enthusiastic1741
enthusiastical1755
whole-souled1821
con amore1828
lyrical1875
mustard1919
gung ho1942
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1551/2 Three sonnes, all forward, martiall, and valorous gentlemen.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 63 How fondly doest thou spurre a forward horse! View more context for this quotation
1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. D3 His forward spirit press'd into the front.
1680 T. Otway Orphan i. 3 They both have forward gen'rous active Spirits.
1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 468 He is a gallant, forward officer.
d. transferred and figurative of things. ? Obsolete.
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1605 W. Camden Remaines Ded. sig. A3 This..Treatise was once vnaduisedly forward to haue bin dedicated to your good worship. But..It recalled it selfe in good time.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur i. 21 Their forward Genius without teaching grows.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 71 These Stakes also, being of a Wood very forward to grow.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 16 We are accustomed, from our Youth up, to indulge that forward delusive Faculty [sc. imagination].
7. Well-advanced for one's years, precocious.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [adjective] > relating to early maturity > prematurely mature
forward1591
rathe-ripe1617
precocious1678
precoce1689
force-ripe1934
1591 J. Lyly Endimion ii. ii It will be a forward cock that croweth in the shell.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. i. 204 Long liue thou and all thy forward sonnes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 10 When..a mans good wit [cannot be] seconded with the forward childe, vnderstanding. View more context for this quotation
1714 Restoration in Villiers' Wks. (1775) 8 He's a pretty forward boy about four and twenty.
1869 Princess Alice Mem. 25 Apr. (1884) 215 My children..are so forward, clever, and spirited.
8. In bad sense: Presumptuous, pert; bold, immodest.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective]
crousea1400
crank1499
cockish1551
forward1561
forthyc1565
forthputting?1577
perching1579
perk1579
perking?1584
officious1596
pratchant1596
putting-forth1621
obtrusive1652
petulcous1661
pushing1682
coxy1728
cocky1768
bumptious1801
furthy1808
upsetting1817
perky1820
self-asserting1821
protrusive1841
self-assertive1849
aggressive1855
self-assertory1867
perkisha1870
pushful1871
pushy1874
forritsome1894
chesty1900
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iii. xxii. 454 Some..doe raile at this doctrine with greater maliciousnesse, than that their forward pride ought to be suffered.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlvii. 223 They tould how forward Maidens weare, how proude if in request.
a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 94 A forward prating cox~comb.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 51. ⁋1 I have..a great Aversion to the forward Air and Fashion which is practised in all publick Places.
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 24 Clara..would [think] this step of mine highly forward.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life (ed. 3) vii. lxviii. 159 Hearing your favourite poem..mammocked by the mouth of a forward Puppy.
1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xl. 472 The favouritest young, for'ard, hussy of a servant-gal as ever come into a house.
1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge v ‘Do you call him forward?’..‘He was certainly free in his manners’.
9. Of persons, opinions: Advanced, extreme; in modern use, favouring vigorous aggressive action.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [adjective]
high?1535
Arctic1593
magistral1596
forward1608
confident1611
magisterial1635
pragmatic1638
high-flown1640
affirmative1650
thetical1653
positive1658
pragmatical1660
dogmatical1662
dogmatic1681
unargumentative1722
ultra1820
doctrinaire1834
cocksure1842
doctrinary1846
unevidential1853
Doctrinarian1878
pontificating1922
fundamentalist1928
hardcore1951
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > favouring vigorous action
forward1887
1608 F. Johnson Certayne Reasons & Arguments To Rdr. The Books of the forward Preachers now abroad.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 May 1/2 You of all people in the world, the Forwardest of the Forward school, cannot complain of the advance of Empire.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 7/1 Denouncing outrage and dynamite, and what are generally known as ‘forward’ measures.
B. adv.† 2. † 6.
1.
a. Of extent in time: Towards the future, immediately afterwards and continuously onwards. Chiefly (and now only) in phrases from this day (time, etc.) forward. †Also, from this, from hence, (from) now, and so forward. Cf. forth adv. 3.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > from now or henceforth
fortha700
heneOE
henforthOE
forwardOE
anovenOE
yetOE
downwardc1175
forthwardc1175
furthermorea1300
henforthwardc1300
forne14..
henceforwardc1330
henforwardc1330
hencefortha1375
henceforthwardc1384
hencec1390
furtherwarda1400
forwardsc1400
hyneforwardc1400
henceforwardsa1425
even-forthc1425
forth on1474
henceforthon1490
hynea1500
froforth1536
hyneforth1570
downwards1584
towards1587
here-hence1592
whenceforth1658
whenceforwarda1661
onward1667
onwards1732
from here on out1867
as of now1902
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > in future [phrase] > henceforth
from henceforthc1384
from henceforward1414
from this, from hence, (from) now, and so forwardc1440
OE Genesis 788 Gif hie wolden lare godes forweard fremman.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 744 Alle my oþys grete Fro þys forwarde wyl y lete.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13958 Ai fra þat dai for-warde..þe Iuus..soght iesu to do to dede.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5480 In egipt held he þaim ful hard, As i sal tell ȝou sone forward.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §12. 23 & fro that time forward..shal the verrey degree of the sonne shewe the howr of the planete.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxi. 261 I Resseyve [yow] fro hens forwarde to my Ioye.
1552 H. Latimer Serm. 2nd Sunday Advent (1562) 132 If we..intend to amend our life now forward.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. xli. 71 This is the first time that the law Agraria was published: and so forward unto this present hower, it was never debated of.
c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 547 From that time forward whatsoever he did..was in order to that end.
1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. iii. 42 From that day forward..the Spirit of God came upon David.
1871 S. Smiles Character iii. 68 The elder student from that time forward acted as the Mentor of the younger one.
b. With verbs, as look, think: esp. to look forward: to look ahead, to look expectantly towards the future or to a coming event.
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1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. i. 11 To think forward a little.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxv. 343 One, who can look forwarder than the Nine Days of Wonder.
a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 12 Banish your fears, and let us look forward, my love.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 23 Like chess-players, they seem always to look three moves forward.
1837 B. Disraeli Venetia II. 1 His visit to the hall was looked forward to with interest.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 45 He looks forward to all future systems sharing the fate of the past.
c. Commerce. For future delivery or payment. to date forward: to postdate.
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society > trade and finance > other trading methods > [adverb] > prospectively
forward1882
society > trade and finance > other trading methods > [verb] > date prospectively
to date forward1882
1882 Daily News 4 Mar. The orders being neither numerous nor large, and not a few dated forward.
1884 Manch. Examiner 12 May 4/4 Dating forward..is a thing unknown among shippers, for payment is usually made a week or so after the goods have been delivered.
1894 Daily News 28 Mar. 7/3 Maize still..dear, but cheaper forward.
1930 Economist 23 Aug. 350/1 It by no means follows that the policy of buying forward will always operate to the buyer's advantage, for unless a foreign buyer simultaneously covers himself by a corresponding forward exchange operation, he may find that an adverse movement of the exchange has destroyed his profit on the shipment.
a. Onward or further on in a series; onwards from a specified point. and so forward: = and so forth, et cetera. Cf. forth adv. 2. Obsolete.
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 173/2 Forwarde, or more vttyr, ultra, ulterius.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. 2 a Whether that from the Cape of Buena Esperansa forwarde there were anye Nauigation to the East India.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F1 If sixtie would serue, they must an hundred, and so forward.
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms 3 From that tenth Psalm forward.
1663 A. Marvell Let. 20 July in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 254 I am this day beginning my long voyage to Archangel and so forward.
b. In the first place, foremost: in first and forward. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > precede or follow in order [phrase] > firstly
first and forward1362
first of alla1522
first and foremost1552
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [adverb] > first of all
firstlOE
first and forward1362
first and foremostc1400
first of alla1522
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. x. 127 Furst and foreward to folk that ben i-weddet.
c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋275 First and forward, ye han erred in [etc.].
3.
a. Towards the front, in the direction which a person or thing faces. forward of (U.S.): in front of. to put or set foot forward: see foot n. and int. Phrases 3.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction
beforeOE
forwarda1535
ahead1596
front-wise1774
vanward1827
frontward1865
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [preposition] > in forward direction from
forward of1852
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/1 Hee came into the worlde with the feete forwarde.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xviii He..neuer set fote forward duryng the first. ii. monethes, for the reisyng of the siege.
1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) ii. 91 You must begin with your Bow forward, though the Bow be drawn forward the Note before.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. 82 I..bow the Head forward or backward, or over the one side or the other.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiv. 236 Its middle part..stands about an Inch forwarder than the Fore side of the Puppet.
1764 S. Foote Lyar iii. i. 44 Your hood a little forwarder, Miss.
1811 Lett. fr. Eng. II. xlix. 270 The skirts of the coat..brought forward to meet over the thigh.
1852 J. H. Newman Disc. Univ. Educ. 242 He may have no power at all of advancing one step forward of himself.
1856 C. J. Andersson Lake Ngami 256 The ostrich..always strikes forward [with its foot].
1891 M. E. Wilkins Humble Romance 165 Two little thin dancing curls..just forward of her cap!
b. to play forward, in Cricket: to reach forward in order to play a rather short-pitched ball.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > types of batting
to play back1816
to step in1837
to play forward1851
to run out1858
slog1869
hang one's bat out to dry1895
to force the game1897
to farm the strike1901
to sit on (or upon) the splice1906
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field x. 191 A good ball..is pushed forward to middle wicket.
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field x. 191 Shortleg is standing sharp in forward.
1884 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Ann. ii. iii. 101 Rather too fond of playing forward.
1891 W. G. Grace Cricket §5 in Outdoor Games 23 If he [the batsman]..plays forward, pitch shorter and shorter..until he makes a mistake.
4.
a. Of continuous motion: Towards what is in front; (moving) onwards, on.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb]
awayeOE
forneOE
forthc1000
forthwardc1175
furtherlyc1175
toforec1330
forea1400
forwarda1400
furtherwarda1400
avauntc1400
forwardsc1400
onwardc1425
toward1426
forouth1487
up to ——1516
forth on1529
onwards1540
aheada1615
forrita1796
advancingly1820
onwardly1831
forwardly1876
a1400–50 Alexander 847 Þe faster forward him he faris þe faster he snapirs.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Ciiv Suche..be nat mete to..go forwarde in this pilgrimage.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. viii. 181 His ships were manned, victualled, and sailing forward.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 346 Meeting very strong Westerly Winds, we got nothing forward in many days.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. xv. 241 In case they walk straight forward, in half an Hour they shall meet Men.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 31 He was desirous to hasten forward.
1855 M. Gatty Parables 51 The river is rushing forward; the clouds are hurrying onward.
b. with ellipsis of some part of the verb go. Also Military, as a word of command forward!, for'ard on! in Fox-hunting: of the fox: Gone on in front.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb] > as a command
forward1833
society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > order to move or be off
avauntc1485
forward1833
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lv. 186 His horse wolde nother forwarde nor backe warde.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xv. 86 Therefore let us on forewarde as he commandeth.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 25 The word Forward..is given by the commander.
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 207 Ibrahim..had but to cry ‘Forward’, and Constantinople was his.
c. In advance, in front, ahead.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adverb]
beforeeOE
aforeOE
toforec1330
forthwitha1400
forwitha1400
forouth1487
ahead1578
foremostly1607
on1792
forward1838
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. 369 Dercylus seems to have been sent forward.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxv. 182 One of our porters..was sent forward to test the [snow] bridge.
d. back or backward and forward: to and fro; see back adv. 14 and backward adv. 5b.
5. To the front or to a prominent position (from being behind or in the background), into view; esp. in phrases, as to bring forward (see also to bring forward at bring v. Phrasal verbs). to come forward: see to come forward at come v. Phrasal verbs 1; also, to come into existence. to put or set forward: to put forth, advance, allege, offer; also reflexive to give oneself (undue) prominence.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > expose to public view [verb (transitive)]
to put forth?c1225
to hit out1579
to set a-sunshining1601
to put forward1611
to hold out1613
expose1623
theatrizea1679
produce1686
parade1765
to bring forward1783
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > so as to be prominent
forward1783
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Esdras iii. 6 Before euer the earth came forward . View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xl. 252 To set forward..such doctrine as was agreeable to Moses.
1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1819) XI. 304 He certainly has it in his power..to keep it back, and bring it forward at his own times.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. vi. 90 Dorothée, who had lingered far behind, was called forward.
1836 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) II. xxiv. 325 Now, it is plain that there are two sorts of men in the world;—those who put themselves forward, and speak much; and those who retire.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. iii. 43 Who are you, my good friend, who put yourself so forward?
1895 C. Kernahan God & Ant (ed. 4) Apol. 9 The worst of all reasons which inexperienced writers put forward for setting pen to paper.
a. In front, on the front or front side. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb]
aforeOE
forneOE
beforeOE
aforewarda1200
afornonc1275
toforec1330
onwardc1385
bifornysc1420
forouth1487
ahead1568
afrontc1570
forwardly1578
anteriorly1598
foremostly1607
devant1609
forward1619
forward on1630
front-wise1774
vanward1827
out front1934
upfront1937
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. xviii. 87 All their wounds were forward.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 101 Caused..the windowes which were forward to be made up.
b. figurative. In a prominent position.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > outstandingly
strongly1591
redoubtably1593
protuberantly1668
prominently1704
forward1796
outstandingly1851
1796 E. Burke Let. to C. J. Fox in Wks. (1842) II. 391 A young man..who stands very forward in parliament.
7.
a. At an advanced point; at a point or position which is beyond or further than another. Cf. forth adv. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > at a position further than another
forward1523
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18 All his barones went out of the cite, and ye first nyght they lodged vi. myle forwarde.
1611 Bible (King James) Num. xxxii. 19 Wee will not inherite with them on yonder side Iordane, or forward . View more context for this quotation
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iv. ii. 189 To secure the landing of Irish or Welch supplies so much the forwarder towards the east.
1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 162 Adding a cipher, and setting the (·) a figure forwarder.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 52 A little forwarder you find small Cross-ways with four Alleys.
b. Of time: In advance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > in advance or beforehand
yeteOE
forea1225
beforehand?c1225
alreadyc1300
forrow1489
aforehanda1500
sincea1556
tofore1597
forwarda1604
preventively1646
anticipatelya1677
ahead1835
anticipatively1864
anticipatorily1878
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 38 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) I thinke they are too forward in their computation.
1810 S. Vince Elem. Astron. (ed. 3) xxiv. 289 The time at the place of observation is forwarder than that at Greenwich.
8. Nautical.
a. Of motion: Towards the fore part of a vessel.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [adverb] > towards fore part
forward1669
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 17 Hawl forward the main Bowline.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 15 The Carpenter going forward to inspect the Chain-Plates.
b. Of position: At or in the fore part of a vessel. forward of (U.S.): in front of. †forward on: at the fore end, forward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb]
aforeOE
forneOE
beforeOE
aforewarda1200
afornonc1275
toforec1330
onwardc1385
bifornysc1420
forouth1487
ahead1568
afrontc1570
forwardly1578
anteriorly1598
foremostly1607
devant1609
forward1619
forward on1630
front-wise1774
vanward1827
out front1934
upfront1937
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [adverb]
forward1630
the world > space > relative position > front > in front of [preposition]
toforea900
aforeeOE
atforec1000
forneOE
beforeOE
forne toc1175
afornonc1275
forne an, atc1275
forouthc1375
aforewardc1380
before the face ofa1382
forwitha1400
forne inc1540
afront1558
ahead1578
in (the) front of1609
in advance1656
forward of1838
front of1843
1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 88/1 The Sayler imagined that his horse was too much laden ahead, or fore~ward on (as the sea phrase is).
1688 London Gaz. No. 2317/1 Captain Killegrew..being at the same time forward by the Gang-Way.
1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 124 The butt-ends..have been as it were abolished forward on for the easie passage of the Vessel through the water.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 110 Being oblig'd to lie forward with the Men.
1794 Ld. Nelson 5 Nov. in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 504 Transports laying..with their Truce Flag hoisted forward.
1838 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 16 June in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 78 Forward of the ward-room..is the midshipmen's room.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 67 Her only fault being..that she was wet forward.
9. figurative. Onward, so as to progress or advance. to build forward: to continue building.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adverb]
forwarda1535
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct > continue constructing
to build forwarda1535
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/1 There must it nedes bee long ere anye good conclusion goe forwarde.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezra iii. 8 To se that the worke of the house of the Lorde wente forwarde.
a1600 Hooker in Eccl. Pol. (1888) v. App. i. §3 It is the nature of Gods most bountiful disposition to build forward where his foundation is once laid.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 84 Now forward with your Tale. View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 177 He would not forget to help forward the Belgick Affairs.
1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 119 The Climate is so fertile..that the Fruit is coming forward all the Year.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 100 Mr. Burchell..was always fond of seeing some innocent amusement going forward.
a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 134 I am got forward too fast with my Story.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §124 My models and preparatory matters were now so far brought forward.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds i. 18 Dinner was going forward.
1865 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 165 Unless..extreme partisans..make concessions, there is no getting any forwarder.
1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 43 Let's go in here—there may be something forward.
10. Phrases. to put or set forward (a person): to start onward, give a start to. literal and figurative. to set forward (intr.): to start on a journey, set out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move or cause to move forward or advance [verb (transitive)] > send forward
to set forth1525
to set forward1556
to set ona1616
to send on1877
1556 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbs Eng. Tounge (rev. ed.) i. ix. sig. B.ii Set forward, ye shall neuer labour yonger.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias vii. 18 Such gale as would serue to put him forward on his iourney.
1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 202 The trips and slidings shall but set thee forwarder on thy journey.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iii. 24 The next morning we all set forward together.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley ii. 19 To set his young people forward in the same way of life with himself.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xvi. 258 Her godfather..straightway sets forward to avenge her death.
C. n. [The adj. used absolutely.] † 1. The fore or front part, the first part. on forward: in the beginning (see aforeward adv. and prep.). Obsolete.† 2. A trick in wrestling; a throw which causes one's opponent to fall forward on his face. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxviii. 13 Drihten ðe geset symle on foreweard [L. in caput] & na on æfteweard.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 73 On forward þos cristendomes ech man leorned his bileue er he fulht underfenge.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres
swengOE
turn?c1225
castc1400
trip1412
fall?a1425
foil1553
collar1581
lock1598
faulx1602
fore-hip1602
forward1602
inturn1602
mare1602
hug1617
disembracement1663
buttock1688
throw1698
back-lock1713
cross-buttock1713
flying horse1713
in holds1713
buttocker1823
chip1823
dogfall1823
cross-buttocker1827
hitch1834
bear hug1837
backfall1838
stop1840
armlock1841
side hug1842
click1846
catch-hold1849
back-breaker1867
back-click1867
snap1868
hank1870
nelson1873
headlock1876
chokehold1886
stranglehold1886
hip lock1888
heave1889
strangle1890
pinfall1894
strangler's grip1895
underhold1895
hammer-lock1897
scissor hold1897
body slam1899
scissors hold1899
armbar1901
body scissors1903
scissors grip1904
waist-hold1904
neck hold1905
scissors1909
hipe1914
oshi1940
oshi-dashi1940
oshi-taoshi1940
pindown1948
lift1958
whip1958
Boston crab1961
grapevine1968
powerbomb1990
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 76 Many sleights and tricks appertaine hereunto..Such are the..forward and backward.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 6 They practise..The forward, backward, falx.
3. Nautical. (See quot. 1892.)
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun]
foreshipc1000
stam1336
bilynge?a1400
forestam?a1400
boat-head1485
head1485
prore1489
forecastle1490
steven1512
forepart1526
nose1538
prow1555
stem1555
forebow1569
beak-head1579
galion1604
bow1626
fore-beaka1656
forebudding1811
prora1847
snout1853
forward1892
sharp end1948
1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Foreward..the fore end of a barge or other craft.
4. Football. One who plays in the front line; one of the body of players termed ‘forwards’, as opposed to ‘backs’ (see back n.1 21), whose duty is to be foremost in the attack. Also in various other games.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions
wing-back1734
goalkeeper1789
outfielder1855
quarter1857
centre fielder1865
outfield1867
quarterback1867
right1867
centre1868
left wing1871
left-back1873
left half-back1873
centre forward1874
left-centre1877
right-centre1877
centre back1878
centre half-back1879
forward1879
back1880
right wing1880
right half-back1881
goaltender1882
right-winger1882
wing1882
centre half1884
left winger1884
inside1886
half1887
custodian1888
left half1888
midfielder1888
left wing1889
right half1889
centreman1890
midfield1890
outside right1890
outfieldsman1891
goalie1894
winger1896
infield1897
inside forward1897
inside right1897
outside forward1897
outside1898
outside left1900
rearguard1904
pivot1911
wing-man1942
keeper1957
link1958
linkman1963
midfield1976
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 367/2 Under the Rugby code..fifteen a side [is] the usual number of players—ten ‘forwards’, two ‘half backs’, one ‘three-quarters back’, and two ‘backs’.
1889 Pauline 8 33 There is much to be learnt by the forwards.
1895 Daily Chron. 17 Jan. 6/4 The side whose forwards were beaten won the match.
1895 J. M. Brown Polo The two ‘forwards’, No. 1 and No. 2, should work together, and, if possible, be exactly the same class of player.
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 517/2 All the forwards should make a point of taking passes with their sticks.
1929 Encycl. Brit. III. 182/2 The duty of the forwards [in basket-ball] is primarily to make goals.
1956 Men's Hockey (‘Know the Game’ Series) (rev. ed.) 17/2 At long corners the defence come out in two waves, the forwards in the first wave each making for his attacking number.
1968 R. D. Eagleson & I. McKie Terminol. Austral. Nat. Football ii. 7 Forward, a player occupying a forward position.
Compounds
C1. With present participle.
forward-bearing adj.
ΚΠ
1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. ii. xxiii Strong forward-bearing will or appetite.
forward-creeping adj.
ΚΠ
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ci. 158 The forward-creeping tides. View more context for this quotation
forward-flowing adj.
ΚΠ
1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights i, in Poems 48 The forward-flowing tide of time.
forward-looking adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > favouring
forward-looking1800
progressive1830
progressist1843
progressive-minded1854
progressionist1865
progressivist1919
forward-thinking1958
prog1958
out front1968
verlig1968
1800 W. Wordsworth Michael 158 A child..Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts.
1843 H. D. Thoreau Let. 8 June in Corr. (1958) 110 He [sc. H. James, sen.] is a refreshing forward-looking and forward-moving man.
1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xvi. 209 Weeklies and monthlies..as practical and forward-looking, as the real-estate columns.
1928 F. Hurst President is Born xxii. 235 A man born into his time as snugly as a bug into his rug. Forward-looking. Backward-heeding. Un-neurotic. Normal.
1962 BSI News June 25/1 A forward-looking attitude prevails.
C2. With past participle.
forward-turned adj.
ΚΠ
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 46 It took his forward-turned backe, and lookt out of his breast.
C3.
forward-looker n.
ΚΠ
1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. ix. 302 The forward-looker, whose belief in the continuity..of the evolutionary process takes on the virulence of a religious faith.
1923 Nation 18 Apr. 465/2 What is it I do find? A group of American business men!.. A swarm of forward-lookers! A circle of Babbitts!
1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage xiii. 164 It is this vanguard which makes the studio or art theatre possible. These serious people are prompted by feelings of responsibility towards the rest of humanity. They are the forward-lookers.
C4. Cf. backward adv. 1.
forward batsman n.
ΚΠ
1876 A. Haygarth's Cricket Scores & Biogr. V. 38 A steady, forward batsman.
forward block n.
ΚΠ
1849 Boy's Own Bk. 85 Smother it by the forward block.
forward cut n.
ΚΠ
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field vii. 145 The Forward Cut..sends the ball between point and middle wicket.
1861 ‘Old Cricketer’ Cricket-bat 66 The forward cut, also called the forward lounge, is an off hit.
forward drive n.
ΚΠ
1836 E. Jesse Angler's Rambles 301 He would draw diagrams of the angles of incidence and reflexion: shew..the exact length which he could cover in a forward drive.
forward glance n.
ΚΠ
1903 P. F. Warner in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket iii. 64 The back glance and the forward glance have practically taken the place of the leg hit.
forward lunge n.
forward play n. In Cricket: the method of playing forward: see B. 3b.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of batting
blocking1637
quilting1822
defence1825
cutting1827
forward play1828
defensive1832
swiping1833
back-cutting1842
straight play1843
back play1844
sticking1873
leg play1877
off-driving1884
gallery-hitting1888
goose game1899
straight driving1904
stroke-play1905
pad play1906
on-driving1948
stroke-making1956
1828 G. T. Knight in Sporting Mag. Feb. 243/1 The method then [c1804] introduced was running in at the ball, hard hitting, and a bold forward play.
1891 W. G. Grace Cricket §4 in Outdoor Games 19 Practise both backward and forward play.
forward player n.
ΚΠ
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field xi. 222 With a fine forward player, a near middle wicket or forward point often snaps up a catch.
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field vii. 126 The best forward players may err.
1870 New Sporting Mag. Aug. 112 It was a great treat to see a forward player and a backward player in together.
forward point n.
ΚΠ
1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field xi. 222 With a fine forward player, a near middle wicket or forward point often snaps up a catch.
forward stroke n.
ΚΠ
1897 Ranjitsinhji in Daily News 10 Aug. 6/1 In order to make a forward-stroke effectively aggressive, the batsman must throw himself into the correct attitude.
1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer ii. 66 A forward stroke..generally known in our time as the ‘Push stroke’.
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Military. forward strategy, a strategy of defending one's borders from attack rather than of deploying one's forces for a retaliatory strike; also transferred and in extended use; similarly forward defence.In early use, applied to the NATO strategy of ranging forces on Germany's eastern border rather than on the Rhine.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > strategy > specific
forward defence1960
mutual assured destruction1968
MAD1969
mutually assured destruction1969
exit strategy1973
dual key1979
Star Wars1983
S.D.I.1984
1960 L. Lemnitzer in Vital Speeches 15 Sept. 706/2 By forward strategy, I mean a plan to dispose our military power so that we..could meet and repel..military aggression if it occurred along the periphery of the free world.
1963 R. McNamara in Mil. Procurement Authorization (U.S. Congress Senate Hearings Comm. Armed Services) 326 This concept of a ‘forward strategy’ was agreed by NATO military and political authorities and the NATO nations have been building forces to accomplish this strategy.
1966 U. Schwarz & L. Hadik Strategic Terminol. 52 The concept of forward defense was originally expounded at the time when a German contribution to NATO was being discussed.
1976 Economist 27 Mar. (Australia Survey Suppl.) 40/2 The old policy of ‘forward defence’—meaning a strategy based on fighting any possible war well north of Australia—no longer holds water.
1984 Automotive Industries Apr. 46/3 A prime motive for Esab's forward strategy is to parry Japanese and American competition in Europe.
1987 Financial Times 2 Oct. 1/5 Mr Gorbachev appears to be reflecting growing apprehension..about the newly aggressive US forward strategy, designed in time of war to block the large Soviet northern fleet on the Kola peninsula.
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forward planning, the process or result of planning ahead to achieve one's objectives, esp. in business or government; similarly forward thinking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] > possession of > in politics or business
vision1926
forward thinking1961
1961 Act for Internat. Devel. (U.S. Dept. of State) June 16 Without such forward planning, investment funds are wasted.
1967 Guardian 29 Dec. 6/4 The Foreign Office..is simply not organised to think... Until a few years ago there was not even a forward planning department.
1975 Economist 8 Feb. 68/1 The least the Government can do is make it clear..that co-operation in providing forward plans will be repaid by information and consultation on government forward planning.
1976 Economist 13 Nov. 98/2 Planning agreements..under which they were obliged to reveal their own forward thinking.
1986 R. Ford Sportswriter iii. 75 It's forward thinking, Fincher, I'll give it that much.
1987 Financial Times 9 Dec. 28/6 Elridge's forward planning was aggressive and ambitious.
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forward-thinking adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > favouring
forward-looking1800
progressive1830
progressist1843
progressive-minded1854
progressionist1865
progressivist1919
forward-thinking1958
prog1958
out front1968
verlig1968
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Apr. 206/4 Notions which were as unnatural and as forward-thinking in their seventeenth-century American circumstance as they were against the background of his English upbringing.
1987 Financial Times 9 Sept. 12/1 Some of the more forward-thinking producers are beginning to adopt a similar philosophy towards designing and assembling forklifts.
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forward difference n. Mathematics each of a set of finite differences calculated by subtracting the present value of a function f(x) from a new value when the argument x is increased by a small amount; frequently attributive; cf. backward difference n. at backward adv., adj., and n.2 Additions, central difference n. at central adj. Compounds.In symbolic terms, a forward difference ∆h = f(x + h) − f(x), in contrast to a backward difference, where ∇h = f(x) − f(x − h).
ΚΠ
1900 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 63 454 For X = 1, using advancing differences up to the third, I find μ = .04925.]
1920 Tracts for Computers ii. 17 Forward difference formulae, central difference formulae and Lagrangian formulae, when the interpolants are spaced equally apart are really different aspects of the same process.
1954 P. D. Lax in L. Bers et al. Contrib. Theory Partial Differential Equations xii. 227 The scheme employs forward differences in time and so distinguishes plus t from minus t.
2007 W. M. Stacey Nucl. Reactor Physics (ed. 2) xvi. 610 The simplest approximate solution to Eq. (16.52) is obtained by a simple forward-difference algorithm.
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forward integration n. Business the expansion of a company to gain control over processes which follow its own in the supply chain, such as distribution, retailing, etc.; cf. integration n. Additions.
ΚΠ
1906 D. H. MacGregor Industr. Combination i. iv. 95 Forward integration implies that higher processes are brought under ownership.
1929 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 37 152 Manufacturers in the automobile industry have begun to pursue a ‘forward integration’ policy by investing funds in finance companies and by closely co-operating with the dealers in all questions of sales promotion.
2002 P. Kotler et al. Marketing Moves iii. 62 With digital technology, they can survive through forward integration.
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forward mutation n. Genetics mutation that results in a change in the original or normal (wild type) phenotype or genotype; an instance of this; cf. earlier back mutation n. at back adj. Additions, reverse mutation n. at reverse adj. and adv. Compounds 2.
ΚΠ
1939 Amer. Naturalist 73 313 Some genes..show more or less equal rates of back and forward mutation.
1956 Brookhaven Symp. Biol. (1957) 8 103 These studies involve changes occurring in both directions: so-called forward (or direct) mutations from the wild type..to the mutant..phenotype, and back (reverse) mutation from the auxotrophic to the prototrophic phenotype.
1978 Nature 31 Aug. 891/1 Forward mutations at a variety of loci in rad 1–1 yeast are also subject to photorepair.
2002 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 277 22345 The increase in fidelity of the F61A mutant [reverse transcriptase] was corroborated by a 12-fold decrease in its forward mutation rate.
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forward pass n. Sport a pass or throw in the direction of an opposing team's goal; spec. (a) American Football a pass in the direction of the opposing goal line, originally disallowed but now legal if the thrower is behind the line of scrimmage; (b) Rugby an illegal pass in which the ball travels forward of a notional line parallel with the goal line.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
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wheel1897
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reverse pass1907
jinka1914
hand-off1916
play-the-ball1918
gather1921
pivot pass1922
sidestep1927
smother-tackle1927
stiff-arm1927
heel-back1929
scissors1948
rucking1949
loose scrummaging1952
cut-through1960
pivot break1960
put-in1962
chip kicking1963
box kicking1971
peel1973
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tap penalty1976
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
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Minnesota shift1910
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screen forward pass1915
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snap1922
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blitz1963
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onsides kick1965
takeaway1967
quarterback sack1968
smash-mouth1968
veer1968
turn-over1969
bump-and-run1970
scramble1971
sack1972
nose tackle1975
nickel1979
pressure1981
1890 Washington Post 28 Nov. 6/2 A long pass to Fleming gives him a clear field, and when tackled he passes to O'Donnell, who carries the ball across the line. It is a forward pass, however, and Columbia regains possession of the leather.
1913 Times 3 Feb. 11/2 Their backs, when they got the ball, made many forward passes, and in this way they lost them one certain try towards the end of the game.
1949 Rugby League Football (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 24 (heading) Forward pass, if a player throws the ball in a forward direction to one of his own team, the referee awards a scrum at the place the infringement occurs.
1969 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. 2 3 Certainly over the years the rule changes have attempted to make hockey a faster, more wide open game, for example, the forward pass, the red line, etc.
1984 J. Lawton All Amer. War Game i. 3 By the time Marshal Foch saw his first game the forward pass had been legalized.
2000 Canberra Sunday Times 11 June 93/1 Midway through the half, Jody Gall split the Warriors and slipped what appeared to be a forward pass to Carter, who sent Girdler in for his first try.
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forward passer n. chiefly American Football a player adept at or specializing in forward passing.
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1910 N.Y. Times 15 Oct. 12/1 Sam White at left end in place of Bredemus, 'Varsity forward passer.
1998 Sporting News 21 Dec. 21/2 ‘Dan will be considered one of the greatest forward passers in the history of the game,’ says Bill Walsh, who knows more about quarterbacking than your average fan.
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forward passing n. the action of making a forward pass.
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1905 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. 10/6 (heading) Forward passing may be allowed, but back of the line.
1920 Times 26 Feb. 7/4 The Oxford three-quarters..did not combine well, and many opportunities were lost through forward passing.
1989 USA Today 4 June (Weekend Suppl.) 18/1 Rugby League is faster than U.S. football. You'll have to figure out the rules as the game goes along (five downs and no forward passing, among others).
1998 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. 10 The last goalie to have six shutouts in a month was George Hainsworth in 1928–29, when forward passing wasn't allowed in the offensive zone.
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forward roll n. any of various gymnastic or acrobatic movements in which a person rolls forward (on the ground, around a horizontal bar, etc.); spec. one in which a person rolls forward on the ground with the body in a tucked position; cf. backward roll n. at backward adv., adj., and n.2 Additions.
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1858 ‘G. Forrest’ Handbk. Gymnastics 47 In the forward roll it is better to sit nearly astride the bar.
1956 G. C. Kunzle & B. W. Thomas Freestanding ii. 32 From a forward roll to stand, to a cartwheel sideways down the same line as the roll.
2009 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 23 July 94 Children were tested on 10 skills per badge including splits, forward rolls, cartwheels, [etc.].
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forwardv.
/ˈfɔːwəd/, U.S. /ˈfɔrwərd/ 1. transitive. To help or push forward; to advance, assist, hasten, promote, urge on. Also, †to put forward, set on foot (obsolete rare).
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin or open (an action or proceeding)
set?c1450
open1471
forward1598
initiate1604
to put in a way1624
to lead off1817
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
fremeOE
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to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632
subserve1645
push1758
support1779
leg up1817
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
to bring onc1230
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speeda1300
nourishc1300
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advantage?1459
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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 33 Then let me heare..What yesternight our counsell did decree In forwarding this deere expedience. View more context for this quotation
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence vi. 172 He was greatly encowraged and forwarded in the matter, by diuers of his most inward freindes.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 219 The Moriscoes of Africa..were often forwarded and assisted by them in their nocturnal Expeditions.
1780 E. Burke Let. T. Burgh in Wks. IX. 243 He [Lord North]..forwarded two bills, that for encouraging the growth of tobacco, and that for giving a bounty on exportation of hemp from Ireland.
1786 F. Burney Diary 24 July (1842) III. 31 After doing whatever I can to forward my dress for the next morning, I go to bed.
1806 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) lxxvi This prince..showed every disposition to impede rather than to forward the operations of the British army.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvi. 33 To protect its rights and to forward its interests.
2. To accelerate the growth of (plants, etc.).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] > force
forward1626
to bring on1629
force1719
stint1845
to send along1867
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §412 So wee may House our owne Countrey Plants to forward them, and make them come in the Cold Seasons.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 266 A Dunghill..is of wondrous Efficacy to forward the Flowers.
1724 J. Swift Apollo to Dean Swift in Misc. Poems 141 Whenever I shine, I forward the Grass, and ripen the Vine.
1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 55 They [plants] will be forwarded, or retarded, according to the state of the season.
3. † b. To pass on, publish abroad. Obsolete.
a. To send forward, send to an ulterior destination (a thing, rarely a person). In commercial language often loosely, to dispatch, send by some regular mode of conveyance.
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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send > forward or in advance
to send ona1684
forward1751
1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 33 Where they might meet with..an Opportunity also of being forwarded to their own Home.
1757 B. Franklin Let. 3 Dec. in Wks. (1887) II. 527 The black silk was sent to Mr. Neates, who undertook to forward it in some package of his.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France Pref. p. iii That letter..has been since forwarded to the person to whom it was addressed. View more context for this quotation
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iii. 134 Who..forwarded him in safety to Rome.
1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions xii There is a letter which should be forwarded to my brother.
1897 N.E.D. at Forward Mod. (Comm.) We have this day forwarded to your address per S.W.R. three boxes marked etc.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
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dispeple1297
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publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
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utter1561
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evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
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celebrate?1596
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to give forth1611
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to put about1664
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to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
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vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Mar. 1/1 His Countenance is communicated to the Publick..and forwarded by Engravers, Artists by way of Metsotinto, Etchers, and the like.
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4. Bookbinding. To get (a sewed book) ready for the ‘finisher’ by putting a plain cover on (see forwarding n. 2).
Derivatives
ˈforwarded adj. (in 17th cent. occasionally †forwardly disposed eager).
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager
yevereOE
frecka1000
cofc1000
fousOE
sharpc1000
anguishous?c1225
eager?a1300
hardya1387
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ertand1508
tite?a1540
high1649
fell1667
forwardeda1674
agog1683
enthusiastic1777
empressé1878
rearing1904
press-on1948
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > forcing > forced
forced1695
forwarded1800
society > travel > transport > [adjective] > sent > forward
forwarded1894
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 208 None are more glad to see those punishments inflicted, or more forwarded to promote it, then [etc.].
1800 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 3) xv. 223 When these forwarded beans are planted in rows singly.
1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella III. iii. ix. 96 She had received a forwarded letter from that old friend.
ˈforwarding adj.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective]
furthering1418
furtherlya1535
furtherous1597
proficient1614
speedinga1625
promovent1625
furthersome1627
forwarding1691
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > forcing
forwarding1691
forcing1791
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 315 Enough to ingage us to seek out for the best and most forwarding Assistances.
1776 T. Barker in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 371 The latter part of that month was warm and forwarding.
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- order of the thistle
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