forward

forward
forward
A n Sport avant m.
B adj
1 (bold) effronté ; it was forward of me to ask c'était assez effronté de ma part de demander ;
2 (towards the front) [roll] avant inv ; [gears] avant inv ; forward pass (in rugby) en-avant m ; forward troops Mil ligne f avant ; to be too far forward [seat, headrest] être trop en avant ;
3 (advanced) [season, plant] avancé ; how far forward are you? où en êtes-vous? ; I'm no further forward je ne suis pas plus avancé ; we're not very far forward yet nous ne sommes pas encore très avancés ;
4 Fin [buying, delivery, market, purchase, rate] à terme ; forward price cours m à terme.
C adv
1 (ahead) to step/leap forward faire un pas/bond en avant ; to fall ou topple forward tomber en avant ; to go ou walk forward avancer ; to rush forward se précipiter ; to move sth forward lit, fig avancer qch ; ‘forward march!’ ‘en avant, marche!’ ; a seat facing forward une place dans le sens de la marche ; a way forward une solution ; there is no other way forward il n'y a pas d'autre solution ; it's the only way forward c'est la seule solution ; ⇒ backward ;
2 (towards the future) to travel ou go forward in time voyager dans le futur ; from this day forward à partir d'aujourd'hui ; from that day ou time forward à partir de ce jour-là, désormais ;
3 (from beginning to end) to wind sth forward faire défiler qch en avance rapide [cassette, tape].
D vtr
1 (dispatch) expédier [goods] (to à) ; envoyer [catalogue, document, parcel] (to à) ;
2 (send on) faire suivre, réexpédier [mail] (to à) ; ‘please forward’ ‘faire suivre, svp’.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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