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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

en

forward-looking

US pronunciation

American soundforward looking

forwardlooking

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final ng sound

forward - looking -> forward looking

Myanmar meaning

adj မြော်မြင်သော။ တိုးတက်သော။

Full entry

forward / 'fↄ:wǝd / adj

၁။ (က) ရှေ့။ forward movement.
(ခ) ရှေ့။ ဦး။ The forward part of the train is for first-class passengers only.
၂။ (အသက်အရွယ်နှင့်မလိုက်အောင်) တတ်သော၊ သိသော။ She's very forward for her age ^__ she's already speaking in proper sentences.
၃။ ကြိုတင် (… သော)။ forward planning ❍ forward buying (ie buying goods at present prices for delivery later). ❍ FORWARD adv
၄။ ရဲတင်းလွန်းသော။ လက်ရဲဇက်ရဲနိုင်သော။ He's very forward with the customers and they don't like it at all. Compare BACKWARD
adv
၁။ (also forwards ) ရှေ့သို့။ ရှေ့က။ He leaned forwards to hear what I was saying. ❍ She took two steps forward. ❍ They ran forward to welcome her. Compare BACK v ၁ (က)
၂။ ရှေ့သို့။ an important step forward ❍ We are not getting any further forward with the discussion. ❍ The project will go forward (ie continue) as planned.
၃။ (က) ရှေ့သို့။ အနာဂတ်သို့။ ရှေ့လျှောက်။ from this time forward. ❍ The next scene takes the stroy forward five years. (ခ) ရှေ့တိုး၍။ စော၍။ bring the meeting forward two weeks.
v
၁။ (က) ~ sth (to sb) တစ်ဆင့်ကမ်းသည်။ Please could you forward any letters (to us in Italy). ❍ I've written ‘please forward’ on the envelope. (ခ) ~ sth (to sb) (fml ) ပေးပို့သည်။ forward a shipment of spare parts ❍ forward a suggestion to the committee. ❍ We have today forwarded you our new catalogue.
၂။ မြှင့်တင် သည်။ အားပေးသည်။ forward sb's plans/ career/ interests. See also FAST FORWARD
n (ဘောလုံး၊ ဟော်ကီစသည်တွင်) ရှေ့တန်း၌ ကစားသူ။ ❍ FOOTBALL Compare BACK n ၄ See also STRIKER ၂
❏ forwardness n [U] ရဲတင်းလွန်းခြင်း။
❏ forwarding address n (လိပ်စာဟောင်းတွင် ပေးခဲ့သော) လိပ်စာအသစ်။ He didn't leave a forwarding address.
❏ forward-looking adj မြော်မြင်သော။ တိုးတက်သော။ a young forward- looking company ❍ We need someone dynamic and forward-looking. Compare LOOK FORWARD TO STH /DOING STH

More examples

The car started to roll forward very slowly.
Suddenly the door opened, blocking my forward movement.
I reached forward to touch her hand, but she moved it away.
Let’s sit further forward so we can see the stage better.
The forward part of the train
We are looking forward to new possibilities.
[forward planning/thinking] : A bit more forward planning would have helped.
Officials concede that the way forward will not be easy.
A giant leap forward in computer technology
[no further forward] : The investigation into these allegations seems no further forward.
Was I being too forward when I asked to stay the weekend?

Synonyms

onward, ahead, frontward, to the fore, accelerate, accelerative, address, advance, advancing, aggressive, aid, alee, along, anent, ante, antecedently, anterior, assist, assuming, audacious, back, bantam, bare-faced, before, beforehand, bold, brash, brazen, champion, cheeky, coming on strong, confident, consign, cultivate, deliver, direct, dispatch, early, encourage, expedite, express, facial, familiar, favor, first, fore, foreground, foremost, forepart, forth, forthright, forward-looking, foster, freight, fresh, front, front line, further, hasten, head, headfirst, headlong, help, hurry, impertinent, impudent, in advance, in front, in to, into prominence, into the open, into view, leading, mail, nervy, on, out, overassertive, overfriendly, overweening, pass on, pert, post, precedently, precocious, premature, presuming, presumptuous, previous, progress, progressing, progressive, promote, propulsive, proscenium, pushing, pushy, redirect, remit, route, rude, sassy, saucy, self-assertive, self-assured, send, send on, serve, ship, smart, smart-alecky, soccer player, speed, striker, support, time, toward, transmit, transport, uninhibited, up, uphold, uppity, vanward, ventral, well-developed, wise

Antonyms

back, backward, block, cease, check, decrease, delay, discourage, dissuade, ending, halt, hinder, hold, hold back, hurt, ignorant, ignore, impede, keep, last, later, maintain, meek, neglect, obstruct, oppose, past, procrastinate, refuse, reserved, rest, retain, reticent, reversing, shy, slow, stop, stupid, thwart, timid, unintelligent

Cross references

onward ahead frontward to the fore accelerate accelerative address advance advancing aggressive aid alee along anent ante antecedently anterior assist assuming audacious back bantam bare-faced before beforehand bold brash brazen

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