Forward is a

relative direction In geometry, a position or position vector, also known as location vector or radius vector, is a Euclidean vector that represents the position of a point ''P'' in space in relation to an arbitrary reference origin ''O''. Usually denoted x, r, or s ...

, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to:

People

* Forward (surname)

Sports

Forward (association football) Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

Forward (basketball) In the sport of basketball, there are five players play per team, each assigned to positions. Historically, these players have been assigned, to positions defined by the role they play on the court, from a strategic point of view. The three main ...

, including: **

Point forward Point forward is a nontraditional position in basketball, with a small forward—or sometimes a power forward or combo forward—adding the responsibilities of point guard to their play. Characteristics Generally, teams employ a point forward ...

Power forward (basketball) The power forward (PF), also known as the four or strong forward, is a position in basketball. Power forwards play a role similar to centers. When on offense, they typically play with their backs towards the basket. When on defense, they typica ...

Small forward The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers but taller, larger, and stronger t ...

Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player, and a position on the ice, whose primary responsibility is to score and assist goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory, howe ...

Power forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, power forward (PWF) is a loosely applied characterization of a forward who is big and strong, equally capable of playing physically or scoring goals and would most likely have high totals in both points and penalties. It is usually ...

* In rugby football: **

Forwards (rugby league) A rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field, with 4 substitutes on the bench. Each of the thirteen players is assigned a position, normally with a standardised number, which reflects their role in attack and defence, although pl ...

, in rugby league football ** Forwards (rugby union), in rugby union football *

Forward Sports Forward Sports is a Pakistani multi-national company based in Sialkot, Punjab that makes sports equipment, primarily soccer balls. It produces 750,000 balls per month for global brands including Adidas. It was founded in 1991 by Khawaja Masoo ...

, a Pakistan sportswear brand *

BK Forward Bollklubben forward, commonly known as BK forward, is a football team from Örebro, Sweden. They play in Division 1 Norra. The club plays in a small multipurpose stadium called Trängens IP. The base of the club is in the western end of downtown ...

, a Swedish club for association football and bandy

Politics

Avante (political party) Avante (, ) is a centrist Brazilian political party. It was founded in 1989 by dissidents of the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) as the Labour Party of Brazil (''Partido Trabalhista do Brasil'', PTdoB) and is a minor force in Brazilian politics. ...

(Portuguese for ''forward''), a political party in Brazil *

Forward (Belgium) Vooruit (Dutch for Forward, ) is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. The party was known as the Flemish Socialist Party (1978–2001: ''Socialistische Partij'', SP; 2001–2021: ''Socialistische Partij Anders'', SP.A) until ...

, a political party in Belgium *

Forward (Denmark) Forward ( da, Fremad) was a Danish political party founded in November 2019 by Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille and Christina Egelund, after they in October left the Liberal Alliance. Ammitzbøll-Bille was chairman and Egelund vice chairman and polit ...

, a political party in Denmark * Forward (Greenland), a political party in Greenland *

Forward Party (United States) The Forward Party, also known simply as Forward (FWD), is a centrist political party in the United States. Forward has one political party affiliate at the state level seeking to achieve ballot access. It seeks to have affiliates with ballot a ...

, a centrist American political party *

Kadima Kadima ( he, קדימה, lit=''Forward'') was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement pl ...

(Hebrew for ''forward''), a political party in Israel *

La République En Marche! Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...

(sometimes translated as ''Forward!''), a political party in France * Socialist League Vpered ("Forward"), a political party in Russia

Geography

Canada

Forward, Saskatchewan Forward is a hamlet in Norton Rural Municipality No. 69, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of a village until December 31, 1947. Demographics Prior to December 31, 1947, Forward was incorporated as a village, and was restructu ...

United States

Forward, Wisconsin Forward is an unincorporated community in the town of Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The area is named after the state motto of Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the ...

Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Forward Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,068 at the 2020 census. The township is named after Walter Forward, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1841 to 1843. Geography According t ...

Forward Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Forward Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,531 at the 2010 census. Geography Forward Township is located in southwestern Butler County. It is bordered to the north by Connoquenessing Town ...

Books and publications

* ''

Forward! ''Forward!'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 1985, and was edited by Sandra Miesel. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines ''Galaxy Sci ...

'', a 1985 collection of short stories by Gordon R. Dickson * '' Forward: Stories of Tomorrow'', a 2019 collection of science fiction short stories by various authors *

Forward Prizes for Poetry The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London. They were founded in 1992 by William Sieghart with the aim of celebrating excellence in poetry and increasing its audience. The ...

* ''

The Forward ''The Forward'' ( yi, פֿאָרווערטס, Forverts), formerly known as ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience. Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily socialist newspaper, ' ...

'', a Jewish-American, Yiddish/English newspaper from New York * ''Forward'' (Scottish newspaper), socialist weekly founded in 1906 * ''Forward'' (Sri Lanka), a defunct English-language Communist Party weekly newspaper * ''Forward'' (Syrian magazine), an English-language newsmagazine 2009-2011 * ''

Avante! ''Avante!'' (''Onwards!'') is the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). Founded in 1931, it continues to be published to this day. The newspaper's motto is ''Workers of the World, Unite!'' and has been present in every e ...

'' ("Forward!"), a publication of the Portuguese Communist Party * ''Avanti!'' (Italian newspaper) ("Forward!"), a publication of the Italian Socialist Party * ''

Eteenpäin ''Eteenpäin'' (English: ''Forward'') was a Finnish language, Finnish-language daily newspaper launched in New York City in 1921. The paper was the East Coast organ of Finnish-American members of the Communist Party USA. The paper moved to Worcest ...

'' ("Forward"), a Communist Party USA Finnish-language newspaper in the United States * ''

Új Előre ''Új Előre'' (''New Forward'') was a Hungarian language communism, communist newspaper published in New York City. ''Új Előre'' was founded as a continuation of the Hungarian socialist newspaper ''Előre'', which had been founded in 1905. The ...

'' ("New Forward"), a Communist Hungarian-language newspaper in the United States * ''

Vorwärts ''Vorwärts'' (, "Forward") is a newspaper published by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Founded in 1876, it was the central organ of the SPD for many decades. Following the party's Halle Congress (1891), it was published daily as ...

'' ("Forward"), a publication of the Social Democratic Party of Germany * ''

Vorwärts! ''Vorwärts!'' (, ''Forward!'') was a biweekly newspaper published in Paris from January to December 1844. The journal was seen as "the most radical" in contemporary Europe. The newspaper circulation was about a thousand copies. It had a subtit ...

'' ("Forward!"), a radical German-language paper published in Paris in 1844, covering art and culture * ''Vorwärts'' (Czechoslovak newspaper) ("Forward!"), a newspaper of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Mottos and slogans

*"Forward", Wisconsin state motto *"Forward", 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign slogan

Music

* ''Forward'' (The Abyssinians album), 1982 * ''Forward'' (Ayla Brown album) or the title song, 2006 * ''Forward'' (Flame album), 2015 * ''Forward'' (Hoobastank album), 2000 * ''Forward'' (Turn album) or the title song, 2003 * " Naprej, zastava slave" ("Forward, the Flag of Glory"), the former Slovene anthem, originally titled "Naprej" (Forward!) * "Forward" (song), by Beyoncé, 2016 * "Forward", a song by Band-Maid from ''

Maid in Japan ''Maid in Japan'' is the debut mini-album by Japanese all-female rock band Band-Maid Band-Maid (stylized as BAND-MAID® until 2016) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2013, consisting of singer Saiki Atsumi, guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, lead ...

Other uses

Email forwarding Email forwarding generically refers to the operation of re-sending an email message delivered to one email address to one or more different email addresses. The term ''forwarding'', used for mail since long before electronic communications, has no ...

, a mechanism by which a mail server sends the emails of one of its users to another address. *

Forward (aircraft) This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water (mostly though not necessarily on the sea). Some remain current, while many date from the 17th ...

, front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship *

Forward declaration In computer programming, a forward declaration is a declaration of an identifier (denoting an entity such as a type, a variable, a constant, or a function) for which the programmer has not yet given a complete definition. It is required for a com ...

in computer programming, is a partial declaration before it is completely defined *

Forward converter Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal ...

, electronic circuit *

Forward contract In finance, a forward contract or simply a forward is a non-standardized contract between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specified future time at a price agreed on at the time of conclusion of the contract, making it a type of deriva ...

, a financial agreement to buy or sell an asset at a pre-agreed future point *

Isuzu Forward The (also known as the Isuzu F-Series) is a line of medium-duty commercial vehicles manufactured by Isuzu since 1970, following the earlier TY model which occupied the same slot in the market. All F-series trucks are cab over designs and the ...

, trucks made by Isuzu *

Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development (FORWARD) is a British NGO, founded in 1983 by Efua Dorkenoo, that supports women who have experienced female genital mutilation (FGM) and tries to eliminate the practice. History FORWARD ...

, a British charity * ''Forward'', a sculpture by

Raymond Mason (sculptor) Raymond Grieg Mason (2 March 1922, in Birmingham, England – 13 February 2010 in Paris, France) was a sculptor. He trained at the Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts under William Bloye, the Royal College of Art (for one term), and Slade Sch ...

, located in Birmingham before being destroyed by arson * ''

Forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

'', a statue by Jean Pond Miner Coburn in Madison, Wisconsin