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foreword (FOR wurd) (noun)
An introduction in a book: The foreword of a book is usually written as a short introductory essay coming before the text so readers will have a better idea about what is in the publication.
forward (FOR wurd) (adverb)
Referring to moving to the front or onward: The boy walked forward from the back of the bus.

Ursula is moving forward with the work on her book; in fact, she just completed the foreword in which she explained her interest in how people can get a better education.

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ante-, ant-
(Latin: before, in front of, prior to, forward; used as a prefix)
pro-, por-, pur-
(Greek > Latin: a prefix signifying before; forward, forth; for, in favor of; in front of; in place of, on behalf of; according to; as, to place before; to go before or forward, to throw forward)
pros-, proso- +
(Greek: forward, further, onward; anterior)
problem-
(Greek > Latin: literally, "something thrown forward, to throw forward")
reciproc-
(Latin: reciprocus, turning back the same way, alternating; turning backward and forward; to give, to do, to feel, or to show in return)
Roman Times and Events: Those about to Die, Forward or Preface
(by Daniel P. Mannix, 1958)
sali-, salt-, -sili-, sult-, -salta-
(Latin: to leap, leaping; to jump, jumping; to hop, hopping; to spring forward, springing forward)
stud-, studi-
(Latin: eagerness, to be eager; to be diligent; to be pressing forward)
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advance forward
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forward planning
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