FORWARD MOTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forward motion mean? 

• FORWARD MOTION (noun)
  The noun FORWARD MOTION has 1 sense:

1. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

  Familiarity information: FORWARD MOTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORWARD MOTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression

Hypernyms ("forward motion" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forward motion"):

push (an effort to advance)

career; life history (the general progression of your working or professional life)

march (a steady advance)

clear sailing; easy going; plain sailing (easy unobstructed progress)

leapfrog (advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors)

 Context examples 

Not only did all forward motion cease, but we began to drift back and out to sea.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)