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forwardmost

forwardmost is the superlative form of forward.

Meaning of forward

Adjective

forward (comparative further forward or farther forward or more forward or forwarder, superlative furthest forward or farthest forward or most forward or forwardmost or forwardest)

  1. Situated toward or at the front of something.
    • The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
    1. (guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
      • The forward battalion took a hammering.
  2. Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
    • My forward vision is fine, but my peripheral vision is poor.
  3. Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
    • forward motion, forward thrust, forward momentum
  4. (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
    • This is an important forward step for the country.
  5. Having the usual order or sequence.
    • The front of the fire engine has backward writing, that can be read in a mirror, as well as forward writing.

See all 36 meanings of forward

Origin of forwardmost

forward + -most

Questions about forwardmost

What is forwardmost the superlative form of?
Forwardmost is the superlative form of forward.

Words near forwardmost in the dictionary

  1. forwarding address
  2. forwarding addresses
  3. forwarding plane
  4. forwardings
  5. forwardly
  6. forwardmost
  7. forwardness
  8. forwardnesses
  9. forwards
  10. forwards and backwards
  11. forwards compatibility

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forwardmost (page history and authors); forward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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