Meaning

8 senses
  1. (not comparable)At, near or towards the front of something.

    She was sitting well forward in the railway carriage.

    The bus driver told everyone standing up to move forward.

    vorwärts, nach vorne, nach vorn

    вперёдvperjód, да́льшеdálʹše, да́лееdáleje

    упере́дuperéd, напере́дnaperéd

    at or to or toward the front; forward

  2. At, near or towards the front of something.

    (not comparable)At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

    near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

  3. (not comparable)In the direction in which someone or something is facing.

    I leant forward to get a better look.

    The grandfather clock toppled forward and crashed to the ground.

    in a forward direction

  4. (not comparable)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.

    Wind the film forward a few frames.

    vorwärts, weiter

    вперёдvperjód

  5. (not comparable)So that front and back are in the usual orientation.

    Don't wear your baseball cap backward; turn it forward.

  6. (not comparable)In the usual order or sequence.

    A palindrome reads the same backward as forward.

    forward in time or order or degree

  7. (not comparable)Into the future.

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

    ab, ab diesem Tag, ab jetzt

    вперёдvperjód, да́льшеdálʹše, да́лееdáleje

    toward the future; forward in time

  8. (not comparable)To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.

    The meeting has been moved forward an hour. It was at 3 o'clock; now it's at 2 o'clock.

Examples

1318 sentences
  1. I'm looking forward to the party.

    Я з нетерпінням очікую вечірку. — aandrusiak

    ruС нетерпением жду вечеринку. — bijin

    deIch freue mich auf die Party. — Espi

  2. I'm looking forward to seeing you.

    Я з нетерпінням чекаю на зустріч з тобою. — deniko

    ruЯ с нетерпением жду встречи с тобой. — marafon

  3. I'm looking forward to good news.

    Я з нетерпінням чекаю на хороші новини. — Ahha

    ruЯ с нетерпением жду хороших новостей. — marafon

  4. I am looking forward to Christmas.

    Я із нетерпінням чекаю на Різдво. — shanghainese

    ruЯ с нетерпением жду Рождества. — sharptoothed

    deIch freue mich auf Weihnachten. — samueldora

  5. I look forward to my birthday.

    Я з нетерпінням чекаю на власний день народження. — deniko

    ruЖду не дождусь своего дня рождения. — marafon

    deIch freue mich auf meinen Geburtstag. — Wolf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
at, near or towards the front of something:
Русский
By meaning 2
at, near or towards the front of something:
into the future:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
at, near or towards the front of something:
into the future:

Origin

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front,

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).

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Synonyms

13 synonyms
in the usual direction of progress:aheadA2forthB1onA2onwardonwards
into the future:forwardshereon
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms
in the usual direction of progress:in reverse
into the future:into the past

Collocations

12 patterns
  • looking forward to
  • looking forward
  • is looking forward
  • forward to seeing
  • really looking forward
  • forward to hearing
  • forward to your
  • forward to meeting
  • forward to going
  • forward to spending
  • forward to the
  • leaned forward

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forward — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto