What is the meaning of forward?

noun

• The person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey.
• A position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team.

verb

• Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit.
  • usage: "forward my mail"
  • synonyms: send on

adjective

• At or near or directed toward the front.
  • usage: "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
• Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty.
  • usage: "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
• Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle.
  • usage: "in a forward gear"
• Moving forward.
  • synonyms: advancing, forward-moving

adverb

• At or to or toward the front."he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
  • synonyms: forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
• Forward in time or order or degree.
  • usage: "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
  • synonyms: forth, onward
• Toward the future; forward in time.
  • usage: "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
  • synonyms: ahead
• In a forward direction.
  • usage: "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
  • synonyms: ahead, onward, onwards, forwards, forrader
• Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane.
  • usage: "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
  • synonyms: fore