FORWARDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forwarding mean? 

• FORWARDING (noun)
  The noun FORWARDING has 2 senses:

1. the act of sending on to another destination

2. the advancement of some enterprise

  Familiarity information: FORWARDING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORWARDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of sending on to another destination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the forwarding of resumes to the personnel department

Hypernyms ("forwarding" is a kind of...):

transmission; transmittal; transmitting (the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted)

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

referral (the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency))

Derivation:

forward (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The advancement of some enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

forwarding; furtherance; promotion

Context example:

his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career

Hypernyms ("forwarding" is a kind of...):

advancement; progress (gradual improvement or growth or development)

 Context examples 

And farther, how could it be supposed that his sister, with all her high and worldly notions of matrimony, would be forwarding anything of a serious nature in such a quarter?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Please find herewith a contract in duplicate for your next book which we have taken the liberty of forwarding to you.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I have the greatest pleasure, my dear Emma, in forwarding to you the enclosed.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

His fear of her has always operated, I know, when they were together; and a good deal is to be imputed to his wish of forwarding the match with Miss de Bourgh, which I am certain he has very much at heart.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Lucy made room for her with ready attention, and the two fair rivals were thus seated side by side at the same table, and, with the utmost harmony, engaged in forwarding the same work.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Edith and Hans walked on either side of him and supported him, the while he cracked jokes and tried to keep them cheerful, breaking off, once, long enough to arrange the forwarding of his share of the gold to his mother in Ireland.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The forbearance of her family on a point, respecting which she could be in no doubt of their wishes, might be their surest means of forwarding it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Norris began to look about her, and wonder that his falling in love with Julia had come to nothing; and could almost fear that she had been remiss herself in forwarding it; but with so many to care for, how was it possible for even her activity to keep pace with her wishes?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)