How to spell forwarded

Forwarded is spelled F-O-R-W-A-R-D-E-D.

hear itfor·ward·ed/ˈfɔrwərdɪd/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To send an email or letter on to another person.

In a sentence: Tom forwarded the email to his teacher.

Same family: forward, forwarding, forwarder, sent, redirected. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Forward comes from Old English ‘foreweard,’ meaning ‘toward the front.’ The -ed ending simply turns it into a past tense verb, so ‘forwarded’ literally means ‘moved or sent toward the front’ in time.

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