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GO FORWARD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move ahead; travel onward in time or space
Example:
We are moving ahead in time now
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go forward" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Verb group:
bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go forward"):
head (to go or travel towards)
trace (make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along)
roar (act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way)
limp (proceed slowly or with difficulty)
wander (go via an indirect route or at no set pace)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Context examples:
She was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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