Word Finder - forward

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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).

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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.

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• attacker
• centre forward
• striker

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

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

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The front part of a vessel.

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

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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.

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• forward contract

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To advance, promote.

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

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

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

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Toward the front or at the front.

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

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

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Expected in the future.

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The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.

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

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

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

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Towards the front or from the front.

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The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.

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In the usual direction of travel.

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

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Into the future.

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

She stepped forward and hugged him.

She stepped forward and pulled the newspaper down with one hand.

I had looked forward to it for years.

They had to move forward, and leave the past behind them.

Alex leaned forward and placed his hands, fists down, on the desk.

Moving forward must be difficult for him.

Howie moved forward for a better view.

Alex leaned forward and picked up his mug.

Our goals are to push forward, not pull back.

The abstraction keeps moving forward, and the technology races to keep up.

She leaned forward to examine his face, but his expression told her nothing.

He leaned forward, as if to say something in her ear.

While Howie stood shyly by the door, she boldly stepped forward and introduced herself.

Very often a wounded animal, hearing a rustle, rushes straight at the hunter's gun, runs forward and back again, and hastens its own end.

This is another great forward step.

Alex stroked her head and then leaned forward to look down at her.

He leaned forward in his chair, sobering.

But, unfortunately, I struck my foot on a rock and fell forward into the cold water.

Alondra leaned forward on the couch so she could see Carmen.

He dashed forward and grabbed Lisa's arm on the other side.

She leaned forward, examining the lurking figures under the surface.

Jonathan leaned forward so that he had a full view of Señor Medena.

Back in his arms, Tammy leaned forward with her nose on his, looking into his eyes.

She leaned forward and stood on her toes, gripping his shoulders as she kissed his cheek.

He leaned forward, his hand finding her waist, and drew her toward him.

Are you beginning to looking forward to seeing her?

When they had crossed the Crimean bridge the prisoners moved a few steps forward, halted, and again moved on, and from all sides vehicles and men crowded closer and closer together.

She wasn't looking forward to being in the room with Alex right now - especially so with the children there to listen.

She glanced at the ring and leaned forward, lowering her voice.

Leaning forward, she lifted his chin with her other hand and kissed his lips.

Señor Medena leaned forward, cradling the cup of coffee in both hands.

She leaned forward and he quickly kissed her on the mouth.

The mule lurched forward and the others followed, jerking the wagon into action.

Her gaze tried to outrun the headlights and then followed the broken line on the highway as it leaped from the dark and shot forward, disappearing under the truck.

Pretenders stepped forward but with even less credentials than the recently departed Rupert Youngblood.

It allows me to keep my treasures and move forward at the same time.

As we braked to a stop, an ambulance pulled forward, its lights ablaze.

I'll send them forward for the feast.

Several Mangaboos came forward with glass spades and dug a hole in the ground.

But I do not believe these technological leaps forward are a threat to good food.

She started forward, then hesitated a moment, evidently debating within herself whether she would go or not.

It seemed that from such a basis of truth and frankness as the poor weak-headed pauper had laid, our intercourse might go forward to something better than the intercourse of sages.

Rostov riding in front gave the order "Forward!" and the hussars, with clanking sabers and subdued talk, their horses' hoofs splashing in the mud, defiled in fours and moved along the broad road planted with birch trees on each side, following the infantry and a battery that had gone on in front.

Ermolov came forward with a frown on his face and, hearing what the officer had to say, took the papers from him without a word.

When he grinned, she leaned forward and whispered.

He finished and reached forward to wipe the tears from beneath her eyes.

He hesitated a moment longer before urging his horse forward at a quick canter.

Holding them out in front of her, she stepped forward until a boulder the size of her foot tripped her.

For a while the crowd was less dense, but suddenly all heads were bared, and everyone rushed forward in one direction.

While the soldiers were shouting Kutuzov leaned forward in his saddle and bowed his head, and his eye lit up with a mild and apparently ironic gleam.