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Definition: Go Forward |
Go ForwardVerb1. Move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are moving ahead in time now". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Go ForwardSynonyms: continue (v), proceed (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sequence | Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Go Forward |
| English words defined with "go forward": To keep on. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "go forward": Fleet. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) | |
Lyrics | Go forward (Whip It; performing artist: Devo) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | For the Motherland's Sake, Go Forward, Heroes. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control. |
E.l. Benedict | Humans, like horses, cannot kick and go forward at the same time. |
Otto Von Bismarck | A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward. |
President Abraham Lincoln | Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Let me go forward, and follow me like that, without seeming to. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | However, I made a shift to go forward till I came to a part of the field where the corn had been laid by the rain and wind. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The other method used genetically engineered cells lacking bcl-2, a regulator gene needed for the apoptosis program to go forward. (references) | |
This radical treatment blocked apoptosis by preventing the synthesis of new proteins necessary for the cell death program to go forward. (references) | ||
Business | Stricter adherence to the written law in the north allows the foreign partner to better predict the financial outcome of a deal. Nevertheless, the economic context in which the deal will go forward if it is not favorable to an outside business entity cannot be easily altered and could doom the deal to failure. (references) | |
In others, lessee's banks have not allowed payments to be made, resulting in situations in which foreign lessors were denied payments they were owed. At the present time, there seems to be little benefit for a foreign lessor to allow a leasing transaction to go forward without requiring that a "permission" be obtained by the lessee to make its scheduled payments of hard currency. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | The project may go forward in late 2001, or early 2002. (references) |
Russia | Legislative and regulatory changes also are needed for reform to go forward. (references) | |
Bahrain | The planned superport at Hidd is set to go forward as soon as the financing and tendering packages comes together. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | According to the Justice Ministry, during the year, 1,258 cases were brought to prosecutors against police and Jandarma, and of these, 449 investigations were ongoing; 78 indictments were forwarded to the courts, and 227 cases did not go forward. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Progress is now being made toward the restoration of peace in the Caribbean, and it is our firm hope and purpose that this progress shall go forward. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | The only course that is going to permit Europe to play the great world role that its resources permit is to go forward to unity. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | To go forward at all is to go forward together. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | So let us go forward to create our world of tomorrow in faith, in unity, and in love. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as One America. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "go forward"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 進取 (forge ahead; go forward), 前進 (onward, to advance, to forge ahead, to go forward), '進 (go forward prematurely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | voorwaarts gaan (advance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | antaŭeniri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avancer (go along with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorgehen (act, action, advance, be fast, come first, gain, go first, go on, go on ahead, go to the front, happen, have priority, procedure, proceed, proceeding, take action, take precedence, to go ahead), vorfahren (ancestors, antecedents, drive forward, drive in front, drive up, forbears, forebears, go on ahead, move along, move forward, move up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προβαίνω (come forward, proceed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | inoltrare (forward, pass on, send on), avanzare (advance, advanced, be left, broach, draw, drive, limp, progress, push forward, put forward, wear on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 差し出る (to go forward, to stick one's nose into). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さしでる (to go forward, to stick one's nose into). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goll er oaie (forwardness, get along, move forward, moving along). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogay orwardfay avançar (continue, get a move on, go, hazard, jut, pass, proceed with, progress, risk, venture, wade). (various references) avanzar (advance, come forward, come on, develop, encroach, forward, go off, go on, lumber, lurch along, move, move along, move in, proceed, push forward, push on, thrust forward, toil, track, trundle on). (various references) gelişme göstermek, ilerlemek (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, get along, go ahead, go along, go on, improve, keep going, make headway, make one's way, make progress, move, move on, proceed, progress, push on, run on). (various references) іти уперед, просуватися (advance, ascend, better oneself, carry forward, corkscrew, get on, set on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | procedere, processerant, processerat, processerint, processerunt, processi, processissent, processisset, processit, processus, prodeo, progrediens, progreditur, progressioris, progressus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Joshua Chapter 6, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen autoiV legwn paraggeilate tw law perielqein kai kuklwsai thn polin kai oi macimoi paraporeuesqwsan enwplismenoi enantion kuriou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ad populum quoque ait vadite et circuite civitatem armati praecedentes arcam Domini |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe to the puple he seith, Gooth, and enuyrowneth the cite, aarmed goynge before the arke of the Lord. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord. |
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| Language | Joshua Chapter 6, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug sila ming-ingon sa katawohan: Padayon kamo, ug libutan ninyo ang ciudad, ug ang mga tawo nga sangkap sa hinagiban paunha sa arca ni Jehova. |
| Croatian | A narodu reèe: "Poðite i obiðite oko grada, a ratnici neka idu pred Kovèegom Jahvinim." |
| Danish | Og han sagde til Folket: "Drag ud og gå rundt om Byen, således at de, som bærer Våben, går foran HERRENs Ark!" |
| Dutch | En tot het volk zeide hij: Trekt door en gaat rondom deze stad; en wie toegerust is, die ga door voor de ark des HEEREN. |
| Finnish | Sitten hän sanoi kansalle: "Lähtekää ja kulkekaa kaupungin ympäri, ja aseväki käyköön Herran arkin edellä". |
| French | Et il dit au peuple: Marchez, faites le tour de la ville, et que les hommes armés passent devant l`arche de l`Éternel. |
| German | Zieht hin und geht um die Stadt; wer gerüstet ist, gehe vor der Lade des HERRN her. |
| Hungarian | A népnek pedig monda: Menjetek el, és kerüljétek meg a várost, a fegyveresek pedig menjenek az Úr ládája elõtt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Yosua menyuruh tentaranya berbaris mengelilingi kota itu, didahului oleh barisan pengawal depan yang berjalan mendahului Peti Perjanjian TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan lagi kata Yusak kepada orang banyak itu: Bangkitlah kamu berdiri lalu berjalan keliling negeri dan hendaklah suatu pasukan orang pilihan berjalan di hadapan tabut Tuhan. |
| Italian | Disse al popolo: «Mettetevi in marcia e girate intorno alla citt e il gruppo armato passi davanti all'arca del Signore». |
| Maori | A i mea ratou ki te iwi, Haere, taiawhiotia te pa, a ko nga tangata hapai patu e haere i mua i te aaka a Ihowa. |
| Norwegian | Og til folket sa han: Dra frem og gå omkring byen, og de væbnede menn skal dra frem foran Herrens ark. |
| Portuguese | E disse ao povo: Passai e rodeai a cidade; e marchem os homens armados adiante da arca do Senhor. |
| Rumanian | Wi a zis poporului: ,,Porniyi, knconjurayi cetatea, wi bqrbayii knarmayi sq treacq knaintea chivotului Domnului.`` |
| Spanish | --Dijo, además, al pueblo--: Pasad y rodead la ciudad. Los que están armados pasen delante del arca de Jehovah. |
| Swedish | Och till folket blev sagt: "Dragen ut och tågen omkring staden; och den väpnade skaran skall draga framför HERRENS ark." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-g-o-o-r-r-w" | |
-2 letters: forward, froward. | |
-3 letters: farrow. | |
-4 letters: ardor, arrow, dwarf, fordo, forgo. | |
-5 letters: dago, door, dorr, drag, draw, fado, fard, faro, food, fora, ford, frag, frog, frow, goad, good, goof, gowd, grad, grow, odor, orad, ordo, orra, road, roar, rood, roof, ward, woad, wood, woof, word. | |
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