for'ard

Adverb

forward (not comparable)

1. At, near or towards the front of something.
   • She was sitting well forward in the railway carriage.
   1. At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
      • Most of the men are sleeping forward, for it is near midnight, but a stout swarthy Arab, Mahomed by name, stands at the tiller, lazily steering by the stars.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
2. In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
   • I leant forward to get a better look.
3. In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
   • After spending an hour stuck in the mud, we could once again move forward.

   Synonyms:

   ahead, forth, on, onward, onwards

4. So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
   • Don't wear your baseball cap backward; turn it forward.
5. In the usual order or sequence.
   • A palindrome reads the same backward as forward.

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