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Word entry · 7 letters

forward

Best crossword clue

"Toward the front"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɔːwəd/Part of speech adverb, adjective, noun, verbSorted adforrwStarts with FEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in a forward direction

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
  • the forward gun in a ship
  • the forward ship in a fleet

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