Past tense of forward
regular verb
The past tense of forward is forwarded. The past participle is also forwarded.
Forms of forward
| Base form (V1) | forward /ˈfɔːwəd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | forwarded |
| Past participle (V3) | forwarded |
| Present participle | forwarding |
| Third person singular | forwards /ˈfɔːwədz/ |
Forwarded in a sentence
- But not before someone supposedly forwarded all the information onto the FBI.2013, Redditor Confesses to Murder with Meme, Gets Doxed by Other Redditors, Deletes His Account and Disappears. From the entry van
- It was a telegraph-boy with a wire which had been forwarded from my lodgings at Streatham.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry telegraph boy
- The processed packets are forwarded to a single queue and are processed for the time of two jiffies.2015, Johanna Ullrich, Edgar R. Weippl, “Protection through Isolation: Virtues and Pitfalls”, in Ryan Ko, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, editors…. From the entry jiffy
- Apparently the e-vite I had sent to fifty classmates last night was forwarded to another two hundred by morning.2008, Diana Rodriguez Wallach, Amigas and School Scandals, page 125. From the entry e-vite
- The exogenesis theory forwarded by Targulian reveals the role of boundary in the solid-air and solid-water systems: for their interaction.2002, Eurasian Soil Science - Volume 35, page S-116. From the entry exogenesis
Meaning of forward
- adjective Situated toward or at the front of something.
- adjective Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- adjective Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
Questions about the past tense of forward
- What is the past tense of forward?
- The past tense of forward is forwarded.
- What is the past participle of forward?
- The past participle of forward is forwarded.
- Is forward a regular or irregular verb?
- Forward is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: forward (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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