Forward

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Forward can refer to:

• A Forward contract, in Finance - an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a pre-agreed future point in time.

• A position in various sports:
  • A forward is an umbrella term for centres and wingers in ice hockey
  • Small forward or power forward position in basketball.
  • Attackers in football (soccer), also known as strikers.
  • In Rugby union, forward refers to the 8 players who take part in the scrum - see Rugby union positions.

• The Forward, a Jewish-American newspaper.

• Forward, the publication of the Socialist League (often called the "Forward Group") in Canada during the 1970s and 1980s.

• Forward, the newspaper of Birmingham City Council.

• Robert Forward, a United States physicist and science fiction writer.

• Kadima (Hebrew for forward), an Israeli political party.

• Forward, a social democratic political party in Greenland.

• The so-named e-mail virus hoax (No article yet)

• Presumptuous, as in "Aren't you being a bit forward by giving me your room key ?".

• Forward, pronounced "forrard", refers to the front-most part of a ship and is the opposite to aft.

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