Read the dictionary definition of forward. All definitions for this word.
1. a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
2. the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
3. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
1. forward my mail
4. at or near or directed toward the front
1. the forward section of the aircraft
2. a forward plunge down the stairs
3. forward motion
5. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
1. in a forward gear
6. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
1. a forward child badly in need of discipline
7. moving forward
8. in a forward direction
1. go ahead
2. the train moved ahead slowly
3. the boat lurched ahead
4. moved onward into the forest
5. they went slowly forward in the mud
9. at or to or toward the front
1. he faced forward
2. step forward
3. she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine
10. toward the future; forward in time
1. I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring
2. I look forward to seeing you
11. forward in time or order or degree
1. from that time forth
2. from the sixth century onward
12. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
1. the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments
