Forwarder
/fˈɔrwərdər/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who, or that which, forwards something to another destination.
adjComparative form of forward: more forward.
Sentence Examples
The freight forwarder arranged the shipment.
She worked as a forwarder for years.
The freight forwarder arranged the shipping details for us.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The package was sent by a shipping ____ to the next country.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The freight ____ arranged for the shipment to be transported across the ocean by a cargo ship.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English forward Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English forwarder From forward (verb) + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It is hard to draw evill men to good actions, especially for Church and State; therefore will I suspect that wherein they are more forwarder then honester men."
— 1642, A Frivolous Paper, in Forme of a Petition […], page 7:
"But whilst she is moving from her perigee to her apogee, her true place is observed to be forwarder than her mean place, and therefore, throughout that half of her orbit, the equation must be added to her mean place, in order to find her true place."
— 1763 June, James Ferguson, “Kennedy’s Astronomical Chronology”, in The Critical Review, volume 15, page 411:
"He tried thinking his way through the problem, but that did not get him any forwarder."
— 1942, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, chapter VII, in Land of Unreason:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The package was sent by a shipping ____ to the next country.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The freight ____ arranged for the shipment to be transported across the ocean by a cargo ship.