forward
verb/ˈfɔːwəd/
/ˈfɔːrwərd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they forward | /ˈfɔːwəd/ /ˈfɔːrwərd/ |
| he / she / it forwards | /ˈfɔːwədz/ /ˈfɔːrwərdz/ |
| past simple forwarded | /ˈfɔːwədɪd/ /ˈfɔːrwərdɪd/ |
| past participle forwarded | /ˈfɔːwədɪd/ /ˈfɔːrwərdɪd/ |
| -ing form forwarding | /ˈfɔːwədɪŋ/ /ˈfɔːrwərdɪŋ/ |
- (formal) to send or pass goods or information to somebody
- forward something to somebody We will be forwarding our new catalogue to you next week.
- forward somebody something We will be forwarding you our new catalogue next week.
- I’m forwarding you this email that I had from Jeff.
- forward something to forward a request/complaint/proposal
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- to send a letter, etc. received at the address a person used to live at to their new address synonym send on
- forward something (to somebody) Could you forward any mail to us in New York?
- forward (something) I put ‘please forward’ on the envelope.
- forward something (formal) to help to improve or develop something synonym further
- He saw the assignment as a way to forward his career.
- She uses various devices to forward the plot.
- They have done a great deal to forward the cause of world peace.
Word OriginOld English forweard (in the sense ‘towards the future’, as in from this day forward), variant of forthweard (see forth, -ward).
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