Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
send (something received) to a third party:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
advance, promote:
send (something received) to a third party:

Examples

899 sentences

  1. Please forward my mail to this address.

    ruПожалуйста, пересылайте мою почту по этому адресу. — sharptoothed

    deBitte leiten Sie meine Post an diese Adresse weiter. — nemoli

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  2. I've been asked to forward this message to you.

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  3. I should forward this information to Tom.

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Meaning

4 senses

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

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

    nachsenden, weiterleiten, weitersenden

    пересыла́тьperesylátʹ, пересла́тьpereslátʹ, переправля́тьperepravljátʹ

  2. (transitive)To advance, promote.

    He did all he could to forward the interests of the school.

    voranbringen, weiterbringen, weiterhelfen

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

  4. (Caribbean, intransitive)To arrive, come.

More definitions
  • send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

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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Forms

forwards, forwarding, forwarded, forwarded

regular · Lesson

Base formforward · to forward
3rd person singularforwards
Present participleforwarding
Past simpleforwarded
Past participleforwarded

Tenses

forward · forwarded · will forward · have forwarded

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforward
he, she, itforwards

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forwarded
he, she, ithas forwarded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forward

Past simpleLesson

all personsforwarded

Synonyms

2 synonyms
To send on to a third party:pass on
Close in meaning
  • send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit:send on

Word family

2 related words
Relatedforwarding
Derivedunforwarded

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • is looking forward
  • forward to seeing
  • forward to going
  • forward to spending
  • leaned forward
  • forward to doing
  • all looking forward

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fortyA1forumforwardsfossilC1fossilize

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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