Forward the Foundation

forward Preposition

— If something goes forward, it moves in the direction of its front, not its back. — If something goes forward, it gets better. — If something goes forward, it moves into the future.

forward Adjective

— If someone is forward, they are too friendly when talking to strangers.

forward Verb

— If you forward a letter, message, etc., you send it. — If you forward your career, you make it more successful or better.

forward Noun

— A forward is a player whose position plays closer to the other team's end in games like soccer.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

foundation Noun

— The foundation of something is the basic ideas or work behind it. These early inventions laid the foundations of modern radio technology. Her education gave her a solid foundation in all the major subjects. — The foundation of a building is the solid base that is under it and that supports it. They dug solid foundations, spending a lot of time pouring concrete into four pits. — A foundation is an organisation that collects money to do good things. The Open Software Foundation has opened up laboratories to test software. — The foundation of a group, business, country, etc. is the act of starting it. The company has double in size every year since its foundation. — Foundation is the first layer of cream or makeup. Dot the foundation over the face-on the nose, the cheeks, the chin and spread working from the face outwards.