forward

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
  2. noun a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
  3. verb send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

Etymology

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”).

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