Forwarded

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To send an item or message onward to a different recipient or location and to facilitate the transfer of information from one party to another
2. Caused something such as mail or a message to be passed on to someone else
3. Moved a communication, item, or package from an initial receiver to a subsequent destination

Etymology: "Forwarded" is simply the past tense and past participle of "forward," so its history is really the history of the verb's sense of sending something onward. The adjective-and-verb "forward" descends from Old English "foreweard," meaning "inclined to the front" or "early, former," built from "fore" (before, in front) and "-ward" (toward). That literal sense of facing or moving toward the front stayed with the word, and the sense of passing something along to a further destination grew naturally out of it. A second, separate Old English word lies behind the same spelling. "Foreweard" could also mean a condition, bargain, or agreement, literally "fore-" plus "ward" in the sense of keeping or guard. Its descendants survive in Scots "forward," meaning a covenant or compact, and in Dutch "voorwaarde," meaning a condition or stipulation. English kept only the spatial and temporal senses, so the modern verb has no link to contracts, though the two words share an ancient root.

Synonyms: sent, transmitted, delivered, passed on, redirected

Antonyms: held, retained, withheld, stopped, intercepted