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Go Forward

Definition: Go Forward

Go Forward

Verb

1. 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 Forward

Synonyms: continue (v), proceed (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Go Forward

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Go Forward

English words defined with "go forward": To keep on. (references)
Specialty definitions using "go forward": Fleet. (references)

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Modern Usage: Go Forward

DomainUsage

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.

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Photo Album: Go Forward

ThumbnailDescription & 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.

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Familiar Quotations: Go Forward

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Use in Literature: Go Forward

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Go Forward

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Go Forward

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Progress 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

1963-1969The 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

1969-1974To go forward at all is to go forward together.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989So let us go forward to create our world of tomorrow in faith, in unity, and in love.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001We can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as One America.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: Go Forward

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

   

Portuguese

  

avançar (continue, get a move on, go, hazard, jut, pass, proceed with, progress, risk, venture, wade). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

іти уперед, просуватися (advance, ascend, better oneself, carry forward, corkscrew, get on, set on). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Go Forward

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 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.

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Bible Trace: Go Forward

LanguageDateSourceJoshua Chapter 6, Verse 7
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai eipen autoiV legwn paraggeilate tw law perielqein kai kuklwsai thn polin kai oi macimoi paraporeuesqwsan enwplismenoi enantion kuriou
Latin405VulgateAd populum quoque ait vadite et circuite civitatem armati praecedentes arcam Domini
Middle English1395WyclifForsothe to the puple he seith, Gooth, and enuyrowneth the cite, aarmed goynge before the arke of the Lord.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd 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 English1833WebsterAnd 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 English1964OgdenAnd he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Go Forward

LanguageJoshua Chapter 6, Verse 7
CebuanoUg 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.
CroatianA narodu reèe: "Poðite i obiðite oko grada, a ratnici neka idu pred Kovèegom Jahvinim."
DanishOg han sagde til Folket: "Drag ud og gå rundt om Byen, således at de, som bærer Våben, går foran HERRENs Ark!"
DutchEn tot het volk zeide hij: Trekt door en gaat rondom deze stad; en wie toegerust is, die ga door voor de ark des HEEREN.
FinnishSitten hän sanoi kansalle: "Lähtekää ja kulkekaa kaupungin ympäri, ja aseväki käyköön Herran arkin edellä".
FrenchEt il dit au peuple: Marchez, faites le tour de la ville, et que les hommes armés passent devant l`arche de l`Éternel.
GermanZieht hin und geht um die Stadt; wer gerüstet ist, gehe vor der Lade des HERRN her.
HungarianA népnek pedig monda: Menjetek el, és kerüljétek meg a várost, a fegyveresek pedig menjenek az Úr ládája elõtt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu Yosua menyuruh tentaranya berbaris mengelilingi kota itu, didahului oleh barisan pengawal depan yang berjalan mendahului Peti Perjanjian TUHAN.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan 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.
ItalianDisse al popolo: «Mettetevi in marcia e girate intorno alla citt e il gruppo armato passi davanti all'arca del Signore».
MaoriA 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.
NorwegianOg til folket sa han: Dra frem og gå omkring byen, og de væbnede menn skal dra frem foran Herrens ark.
PortugueseE disse ao povo: Passai e rodeai a cidade; e marchem os homens armados adiante da arca do Senhor.   
RumanianWi 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.
SwedishOch 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.

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Anagrams: Go Forward

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Bible Trace
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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