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forward
Preposition
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If something goes forward, it moves in the direction of its front, not its back.
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If something goes forward, it gets better.
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If something goes forward, it moves into the future.
forward
Adjective
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If someone is forward, they are too friendly when talking to strangers.
forward
Verb
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If you forward a letter, message, etc., you send it.
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If you forward your career, you make it more successful or better.
forward
Noun
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A forward is a player whose position plays closer to the other team's end in games like soccer.
estimate
Noun
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An estimate is a judgement of a size, value, amount, cost, etc., which is based on incomplete information.
British Telecom will give you an estimate of the cost before doing any work.
estimate
Verb
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If you estimate the number, size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something, you guess based on incomplete information.
It's difficult to estimate how long it will take to get to London because we don't know how bad the traffic will be.