(Homonym: foreword).
1. At or near or directed toward the front.
2. Moving toward a position ahead; SYN. onward.
3. Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle.
4. Situated at or toward the front.
5. Situated in the front.
6. Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty.

ETYM as. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to German vorwärts. The s is properly a genitive ending. Related to For, Fore, and -ward, -wards.
(Homonym: foreword). /> At or to or toward the front; ('forrad' and 'forrard' are dialectal variations); SYN. forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard.

ETYM Old Eng., from AS. foreweard; fore before + weard a ward. Related to Ward.
1. A position on a basketball team.
2. The person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team.

In e-mail, to send a received message, either modified or in its entirety, to a new recipient.

To send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; SYN. send on.

A military officer who directs from a forward position on the ground or in the air the action of combat aircraft engaged in close air support of land forces.

In expert systems, a form of problem solving that starts with a set of rules and a database of facts and works to a conclusion based on facts that match all the premises set forth in the rules. See also expert system. Compare backward chaining.

In communications, a means of controlling errors by inserting extra (redundant) bits into a stream of data transmitted to another device. The redundant bits are used by the receiving device in detecting and, where possible, correcting errors in the data. See also error-correction coding.

A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer; SYN. aerial.